Questions and Replies

The right of Members to put questions to Ministers is an important part of ensuring the executive authority’s accountability to the Provincial Parliament. Questions may be put to Ministers related to their spheres of responsibility. Replies to questions are either given orally in the House or in writing. The replies to oral questions are recorded in Hansard.

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  1. Whether landowners and/or tenants are under any obligation to clear their land outside urban areas of invasive vegetation that may contribute to the risk of wildfires; if so, what provincial or national legislation would pertain to this issue;
  1. (a) which government entity is currently responsible for ensuring that fire-control measures, for areas outside the urban edge, are in place and (b) to what extent would it be legally possible (i) for a municipality to include areas outside the urban edge under the ordinance or ordinances that currently allow the municipality to clear erven in urban areas of vegetation that may pose as a fire- or vermin-related threat to neighbouring landowners and (ii) to recover the cost of such clearing from the owner or owners of the land?
 1 11 February 2022 11485

(a)  What is the cost of treatment for alcohol-related admissions – such as motor vehicle trauma, domestic and other alcohol-related violence, stabbings, gunshots, rape and mental illness – to the public health system, (b) what are the details of the costs of long-term care to the public health system as a result of alcohol-related harm, as mentioned above, and (c) what are the details alcohol-related harm, including the costs and hospital admissions from 2017 to 2021?

 22 11 February 2022 11483

With regard to the poor and dilapidated infrastructure of the Portavue and Rylands primary schools:

(1) (a) What are the scheduled maintenance plans for these two schools and (b) how much is budgeted for each; 

(2) what (a) is the number and (b) are the details of the schools that have reported (i) classes and/or (ii) any other sections of the school that are not used due to safety concerns and (iii) how long have these concerns existed;

(3) (a) what (i) is the number and (ii) are the details of the schools that are built or partly built with asbestos and (b) what are the health concerns associated with this building method? 

 21 11 February 2022 11482

What are the (a) details of alcohol-related harm in terms of the public healthcare system in the province and (b) related costs to the public healthcare system in the past 10 years?

 20 11 February 2022 11481

What (a) is the number and (b) are the details of the liquor licences that have been issued in the past 10 years in the province?

 19 11 February 2022 11480

(1) (a) What (i) are the details and (ii) is the size of the farmland in hectares that has been converted into vineyards for wine production from food production in the province in the past 10 years;

(2) what (a) is the number and (b) are the details of farmworker residences that have been converted into bed and breakfasts and/or private cottages for rental in the province from 2014 to date;

(3) what is the number of farmworkers who have been evicted from farms in (i) 2014, (ii) 2015, (iii) 2016, (iv) 2017, (v) 2018, (vi) 2019, (vii) 2020, (viii) 2021 and (ix) 2022 to date?

 18 11 February 2022 11479

(a)   What are the details of all the female staff members who have worked in the office of the Minister between 2012 and 2019 and (b) what were (i) their positions, (ii) the length of their contracts and (iii) the reasons for their leaving the office?

 17 11 February 2022 11478

(1) Whether any staff members employed by her Department between 2012 and 2019 were employed on the recommendation of, through the influence of and/or by the insistence of a certain person whose name has been furnished to her Department for the purpose of her reply; if so, what are the relevant details;

(2)whether any complaints of sexual misconduct have been reported in her Department in (a) 2012, (b) 2013, (c) 2014, (d) 2015, (e) 2016, (f) 2017, (g) 2018 and (h) 2019; if so;

(3) whether any of these complaints involved a certain person, whose name has been furnished to her Department for the purpose of her reply, and/or any officials in that person’s office; if so, what are the relevant details?

 16 11 February 2022 11477

(a)   What is the number of interns who have been employed by her Department in (i) 2014, (ii) 2015, (iii) 2016, (iv) 2017, (v) 2018, (vi) 2019, (vii) 2020, (viii) 2021 and (ix) 2022 to date and (b)(i) how many were absorbed into the Department and (ii) what are the details of their positions?

 15 11 February 2022 11476

Whether he will institute an investigation into allegations that (a) the Minister influenced the process of employment of staff at his Department or other departments, (b) the Minister abused his power to employ preferred candidates in positions and (c) government funds were abused to create employment for DA-aligned members; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?

 13 11 February 2022 11475

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