senate

Sittings

17th Sitting of the Senate

4th Session - 12th Republican Parliament

Tuesday 23 April, 2024
1:30 PM
Papers
Five Papers

Five papers were laid. See Order Paper for details.

Sen. the Hon. Rohan Sinanan [Minister of Works and Transport]
Sen. Dr. Muhammad Yunus Ibrahim [Vice-President of the Senate]
Sen. the Hon. Dr. Amery Browne [Minister of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs]
Questions To Ministers: Oral Answer
Two urgent questions

Two urgent questions were posed and answered. See Order Paper.

Sen. Wade Mark [Opposition Senator]
Hon. Terrence Deyalsingh, MP [Minister of Health]
Hon. Fitzgerald Hinds, MP [Minister of National Security]
Questions To Ministers: Oral Answer
Eleven Questions on Notice

Eleven questions qualified for oral answer. Seven questions were answered before the time for questions on notice expired. See Order Paper.

Sen. Wade Mark [Opposition Senator]
Hon. Fitzgerald Hinds, MP [Minister of National Security]
Sen. Dr. Paul Richards [Independent Senator]
Sen. the Hon. Randall Mitchell [Minister of Tourism, Culture and the Arts]
Private Business: Motions
Government's commitment to democracy in Trinidad and Tobago

Private Business took precedence at this Sitting. Opposition Senator Jayanti Lutchmedial-Ramdial moved a motion regarding Government’s commitment to democracy in Trinidad and Tobago. Five senators contributed to the debate before the adjournment of the Senate.

Sen. Jayanti Lutchmedial-Ramdial [Opposition Senator]
Sen. the Hon. Renuka Sagramsingh-Sooklal [Minister in the Office of the Attorney General and Ministry of Legal Affairs]
Sen. Sunity Maharaj [Independent Senator]
Sen. David Nakhid [Opposition Senator]
Sen. the Hon. Randall Mitchell [Minister of Tourism, Culture and the Arts]
Sen. Damian Lyder [Opposition Senator]
Matter On The Adjournment
Two Matters

Sen. Wade Mark raised a matter on the adjournment namely the need for the Government to explain its decision to generate a new one hundred dollar note and the costs to the public. The Minister of Finance, Hon. Colm Imbert, MP, responded.

Sen. Mark raised a second matter regarding the need for the Government to provide the costs of using the MV White Marlin to conduct the dry docking works of three (3) fast ferry vessels and the payment made to a local agent on behalf of the vessel’s owners. The Minister of Works and Transport, Sen. the Hon. Rohan Sinanan, responded.

Sen. Wade Mark [Opposition Senator]
Hon. Colm Imbert, MP [Minister of Finance]
Sen. the Hon. Rohan Sinanan [Minister of Works and Transport]
Adjournment
The Senate adjourned to a date to be fixed

The Sitting concluded at 6:40 p.m.