04.04.

2017

PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION

B/90

The Honourable First Member for Beau Bassin and Petite Rivire (Mr Bhagwan)

To ask the Honourable Prime Minister, Minister of Home Affairs, External

Communications and National Development Unit, Minister of Finance and
Economic Development

Whether, in regard to Mr P. M.1 , Senior Adviser at his Office, he will state the
(a) duties thereof, indicating the missions he attended since November 2016
to date, indicating the countries visited and cost of participation thereto
(b) parastatal bodies and/or State-owned Companies of which he is a Board
member since November 2016 to date, indicating in each case, the
remuneration drawn and missions attended, giving details as to the countries
visited and cost of participation thereto and (c) if he retains possession of the
diplomatic passport issued thereto on returning from missions?

REPLY

Madam Speaker,

In regard to part (a) of the Question, the duties of

Mr P. M., Senior Adviser at the Prime Ministers Office, are to advise the
Prime Minister generally on matters under his responsibility and to perform
such other duties as may be assigned to him by the Prime Minister.

Mr P. M. has not attended any official mission overseas since

November 2016 to date. Therefore the question of countries visited and
cost of participation does not arise.

Madam Speaker,

In regard to part (b) of the Question, Mr P. M. sits on the Board of

three parastatal bodies, namely, the Board of Investment, the Information
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and Communication Technologies Authority and the Postal Authority. He is
paid monthly fees as follows:

(i) Board of Investment Rs 25,000

(ii) Information and Communication Technologies Authority
Rs 22,000
(iii) Postal Authority Rs 9,000

Mr P. M. is also a director of the Board of Air Mauritius Ltd and SBM

Holdings Ltd and their subsidiaries. The remuneration of Board Directors
of these two companies and their subsidiaries is published in the annual
reports of these companies and is, therefore, already in the public domain.

Since November 2016 to date, Mr P. M. has not undertaken any

official mission overseas in his capacity as Board Member or Director of
these organisations. Therefore, the question of cost of participation does
not arise.

Madam Speaker,

In regard to part (c) of the Question, the reply is in the negative.