Daryl Dolynny

We’ve heard from the Minister there’s been lots of work, allegedly behind the scenes, in preparation for these distributions of iPads. As indicated in the release, they’re going to be full of childhood apps and resources, but can the Minister indicate to the House, is he prepared to provide committee and Members the research and the evidence-base behind what we’re doing? Thank you.

Thank you, committee. Page 311, services to government, operations expenditure summary, $13.503 million. Does committee agree?

Thank you, committee. Committee, we’re going to defer page 253 until we have consideration of activity detail. With that, I’ll ask committee to turn to page 254, revenue summary, information item. Any questions?

Thank you. Page 293, community justice and policing, operations expenditure summary, $5.096 million. Does committee agree?

Does committee agree that consideration of the Department of Justice is completed?

Committee, page 277, tourism and parks, operations expenditure summary, $14.191 million. Does committee agree?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions today are for the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment. Earlier today the Minister read into the House an Early Childhood Development Action Plan update, but what caught my attention was, within his update, iPads for new parents. Now, during this time period, since he made this announcement, I went back and looked at the main estimates, looked at the budget for this fiscal year and I was unable to find any line entry with respect to this as being an initiative under the ECD Action Plan.

So, could the Minister indicate to the House how many of these...

Thank you, committee. On page 306, legal aid services, active positions, information item. Any questions?

Thank you, Minister Ramsay. General comments.

Thank you, committee. Direct your attention to page 289 in your main estimates. We’re going to defer this page until consideration of the activity detail. That said, I’d like to turn your attention to page 290, revenue summary, information item. Any questions?