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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With respect to psychiatric hospitals in the Western Cape: (1) Whether there is any national legislation that has an impact on the capacity pressures at these institutions; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) whether there are any state patients from other national departments who are absorbed by the Department of Health; if so, what is their contribution towards these patients? |
5 | 16 September 2022 | 13721 |
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(1) Which (a) municipalities, (b) district municipalities and (c) metropolitan municipality have implemented (i) the recommendations by the Auditor-General and (ii) stronger controls to measure the spending of public funds in the last three financial years; (2) how much public funds were lost over the past three financial years to (a) fruitless and wasteful expenditure, (b) corruption and (c) mismanagement in each municipality; (3) how are municipalities decreasing fruitless and wasteful expenditure, corruption and the mismanagement of public funds; |
11 | 23 September 2022 | 13714 |
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(1) Whether any surgeries have been (i) delayed or (ii) postponed as a result of load-shedding since the beginning of this year; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) whether her Department’s accelerated backup plan for 2022/23 has been affected by rolling blackouts; if so, what are the relevant details; (3) what effect does the blackouts have on her Department’s supply of diesel to public healthcare facilities; (4) whether the frequency of the blackouts has a negative impact on mortality rates at hospitals; if so, what are the relevant details? |
8 | 23 September 2022 | 13713 |
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In relation to her Department’s strategy to ensure that an applicable backup rollout plan takes place at priority primary healthcare facilities and other facilities: Whether progress is being made with the feasibility plan; if not, at which point will a feasibility study begin with respect to this plan; if so, (a) which priority primary healthcare facilities have been identified, (b) what is the projected cost of this plan and (c) what is the projected timeline for its completion? |
5 | 23 September 2022 | 13712 |
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(a) What plan does the Provincial Disaster Management Centre (PDMC) have in place to ensure service delivery in the event of load-shedding at stage 8 or higher, (b) how does the PDMC monitor the impact of load-shedding on critical infrastructure and (c) what support is being provided to municipalities to mitigate the effects of load-shedding? |
4 | 23 September 2022 | 13711 |
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In relation to the Presidential Employment Stimulus: (1) (a) What is the reason that the province has the lowest number of beneficiaries of any province and (b) why is the rate at which these vouchers are redeemed in the province so low; (2) Whether the Department is in a position to support farmers in this regard; if so, what support can his Department provide to ensure that more subsistence farmers benefit from this initiative in the future? |
2 | 23 September 2022 | 13710 |
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(a) To what extent has the Western Cape agricultural sector been able to contribute to the job-creation targets set in the National Development Plan, (b) how does the province compare with the other provinces in this regard, (c)(i) to what extent is the country on track to achieve these targets and (ii) what are currently the most important variables that influence the progress being made with achieving the job-creation targets, (d) to what extent can the variables in (c) be influenced by (i) national or provincial policies and (ii) the performance of public entities and (e) what can the Province do to address issues limiting job creation in the agricultural sector?
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1 | 23 September 2022 | 13709 |
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What projects does her department currently administer in conjunction with other departments of the Western Cape Government? |
3 | 23 September 2022 | 13703 |
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With regard to the status of mental health and the soaring suicide rate of in the province: (a) What is the detailed breakdown of (i) suicides and (ii) attempted suicides per health subdistrict recorded in each month in (aa) 2019, (bb) 2020, (cc) 2021 and (dd) 2022 to date, (b) what is the breakdown per (i) age, (ii) gender and (iii) race of these victims and (c) what are her Department’s (i) programmes and (i) budget to deal with suicide in the province? |
9 | 30 September 2022 | 13702 |
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In relation to the leading causes of deaths in the province being linked to lifestyle choices: (1) Whether her Department has any programmes or initiatives in place that advocate prevention and healthier lifestyle choices; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) whether there has been an increased prevalence of causes of death relating to lifestyle choices over the past 10 years; if so, what are the relevant details? |
5 | 30 September 2022 | 13701 |
