Senators and MPs were paid an additional $479,705.73 for their work on Government entities between September 2024 and November 2025.

MPs were told this week that 15 parliamentarians, all from the Government, were paid for their work on Government ministries, boards and publicly funded entities. A total of 66 positions were held across 33 entities, of which 32 positions were paid.

MP Jamahl Simmons was the highest paid legislator, earning more than $136,000 in addition to his MP’s salary, Cabinet Office Minister Diallo Rabain told the House of Assembly in answer to questions from Douglas De Couto, the shadow finance minister.

Mr Rabain, the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Digital Innovation, said of the MPs and Senators who filled the positions, 15 were paid for their services.

Mr Simmons also held the single highest-paid position as communications consultant for the Cabinet Office, for which he received $108,711.30.

He also received $15,000 while with the Bermuda Shipping and Marine Authority, $12,000 from the Aviation Authority and $300 from the Bermuda Economic Development Corporation.

MP Leroy Bean’s role as Gang Violence Reduction Team co-ordinator had the second-highest paid role at $86,666.64.

The role also made him the second-highest remunerated MP.

Dr Bean has previously spoken about his salary and said it was standard for someone with his education background, which he said included two Masters degrees and a PhD.

The third largest payout was $67,895.43 to Wayne Furbert as adviser to the Minister of Finance. Jaché Adams also received $46,182.36 as an adviser to the Finance Ministry.

The money, according to Mr Rabain, was delivered “for the period in question”.

The amount of cash remunerated ranged between $108,711 and $150 across the 32 paid positions, all of whom went towards Government MPs.

Dr De Couto raised the subject during Monday’s sitting of the House of Assembly.

He asked for a list of those who received compensation outside of their salaries for services through contracts with ministries, quangos, statutory boards and “other publicly funded entities or agencies” between September 2024 and November 2025.

The questions, he later told the house, were put to the minister in November.

Asked why there were no Opposition MPs in paid positions, Mr Rabain said: “There is an application process to be on these various committees.

“I can only speak to the committees that are vetted through my office and I can assure you that there were no applications from Opposition MPs that were vetted through my remit.”

Dr De Couto said yesterday that, while “some of the numbers are straightforward”, others were “pretty large”.

He said he was “surprised” to see that Mr Furbert and Mr Adams were advisers to the Minister of Finance and the amount that was received.

He added: “My interpretation is that those must be on top of their ministerial and junior ministerial salaries, so frankly I am a little surprised that they have those.

“I would love to understand if Wayne Furbert, as the Junior Minister of Finance, why he’s also getting an advisory position.”

As a junior minister, Mr Furbert would have received $12,518 in addition to his MP’s salary. Mr Adams is now Minister of Public Works.

Dr De Couto said that ministers, the Premier and the Opposition Leader were allowed to hire “personal staff” such as consultants and advisers.

However, he added they were supposed to table a report every year explaining who the staff were, who they worked for, what they did and how much they got paid.

“That report has not been produced since the 2019-20 financial year,” Dr De Couto added. “I sent a formal letter to the Premier back in December asking that he provide these reports, but they have not shown up.”

The shadow minister added that it was “surprising” that some MPs were “doubling up” and getting advisory positions on top of their MPs’ salaries.

The Government was contacted for responses to Dr De Couto’s comment.

Dr De Couto said that, while asking questions did not suggest anything was “maligned,” it was concerning when the question was not answered.

He said: “We asked the question because it’s hard for people to find out and so sometimes we don’t know what the answer is but we do think people would like to know and they can decide for themselves.

“We know the Government has talked about transparency in the past and we’re just basically following that as an Opposition.”