Ministry Allocations
The parliamentary representatives with responsibility for Ministries will present the details of their programmes to be undertaken in 2024 when making their contribution to the budget debate.
However, I will now present the recurrent ministry allocations:
| Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Agriculture, Trade and Barbuda Affairs | $52.7 million |
| Ministry of Housing, Works, Lands and Urban Renewal | $114.6 million |
| Ministry of Education, Creative Industries and Sports | $184.2 million |
| Ministry of Health, Wellness, Social Transformation and the Environment | $160.5 million |
| Ministry of Tourism, Civil Aviation, Transportation, and Investment | $37.6 million |
| Attorney General’s Office and Ministry of Legal Affairs, Public Safety, Immigration and Labour | $114.4 million |
| Ministry of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs), Utilities and Energy | $15.3 million |
The 2024 budget also includes allocations for other offices, such as the Legislature, the Judiciary, Audit, Cabinet, the Office of the Governor General, and others.
Full details of all budgetary allocations are available in the Appendices to the printed version of this presentation.
Before closing, Mr. Speaker, I take the opportunity to present the allocations for the Office of the Prime Minister, which is allocated $42.7 million and the Ministry of Finance, Corporate Governance and Public Private Partnerships, which is allocated $134.9 million.
Included in the amount budgeted for the Ministry of Finance is $9.5 million for the Barbuda Council.
Some of the major priorities for these ministries are:
- Implementing policies and programmes to ensure medium-term fiscal and debt targets are attained
- Enhancing monitoring of statutory corporations
- Increasing efforts to mobilise resources for critical government projects
- Increasing taxpayer compliance and accelerating the use of e-payment and e-filing systems by Inland Revenue and Customs Departments
- Ensuring Antigua and Barbuda increases compliance with the standards established by the Global Forum and the OECD
- Improving Development Planning Capacity
- Completing the National Population and Housing Census
- Strengthening project management, internal audit, and risk management functions
- Implementing the new Finance Administration Act and the new Procurement Act and Regulations
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That’s great to know the Ministerial budget allocations for the cabinet. Hopefully, Prime Minister Gaston Browne will be TOTALLY transparent in how this money will be used to benefit the country.
THE NEXT POLITICAL STEP TOWARDS ANSWERABILITY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND OBEDIENCE FOR THE TAX-PAYING PUBLIC.
@ BRIXTONIAN
This the most balanced posting I ever read from you. This is the only posting without CURSING Gaston Browne. You are coming to your senses. You are showing MATURITY. Keep it up my FRIEND.
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