KINGSTON, Jamaica, Jun. 11, CMC – Finance Minister Fayval Williams on Wednesday gave a breakdown of the J$67 billion that was allocated by the Government to various ministries to revive crucial local sectors following devastation caused to parts of the island by Hurricane Melissa on October 28 last year.
The minister explained the spend during a post-Cabinet press briefing on Wednesday.
“I am here to just walk through, pretty quickly, where that went to and what ministries and how it got there. During the last fiscal year, we did a third and a fourth supplementary in order to allocate funds to ministries,” Williams said.
According to the minister, in the third supplementary, $189 million was allocated to the Office of the Prime Minister. The Ministry of Tourism was allocated $3.4 billion to support the tourism sector.
Williams pointed out that the funds that went to tourism were used to repair infrastructure that was damaged and to assist workers in the sector.
The Ministry of Economic Growth and Infrastructure Development received $7.5 billion for road repairs and clearing of debris, Williams said.
Only $57 million was allocated to the Ministry of Finance and Public Service. The Ministry of Water, Environment and Climate Change was allocated $3.2 billion.
The Ministry of Labour and Social Security got $1.2 billion altogether, Williams shared. The Ministry of Education received $2.3 billion.
The finance minister further shared that over billion dollars went to the Ministry of Health.
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