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1395 MONDAY, 17 NOVEMBER 2008
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by the DPSA. The department
deemed it necessary to contract
her on a part time basis to assist
with the planning process until the
project was finalised. Her services
were terminated in April 2008.
Applications received by NLDTF
1635. Mrs J A SEMPLE (DA) asked the
Minister of Social Development:
(a) How many applications have been
received in each of the past three
years up to 15 September 2008 by
the National Lotteries Distribution
Trust Fund (NLDTF), (b) how many
of these applications (i) have been
processed and (ii) were successful
and (c) with regard to each successful
application, (i) who was the
organisation that applied, (ii) how
much funding did they apply for, (iii)
how much was allocated to the said
organisation and (iv) what were the
reasons for providing less funding
than the amount requested?
NW2405E
The MINISTER OF SOCIAL DEVELOP-
MENT:
(a) The NLB receives about 7 000 applications
per year.
(b) (i) All applications are adjudicated.
(ii) The NLB allocates funds to about
2 000 beneficiary organisations per
year.
(c) (i) (ii) and (iii) Information on all grants
made by the NLDTF is oncluded in
the annual report of the National
Lotteries Board (NLB) that is tabled
in Parliament. A copy of the report is
distributed to each Member of Parliament
and also appears on the NLB
website.
(iv) The reasons why applicants might
not be granted exactly what they
request include:
There is on average R1,5 billion
available for distribution, while the
requests exceed R10 billion. The aim
of the NLDTF is to distribute the
available funds to all who meet the
required criteria.
Although some organisations sometimes
submit their whole budget to
be funded, the NLDTF does not fund
entire annual budgets. This is done to
prevent dependency.
The Act and related regulations are
clear on the fact that only projects of
applicants are funded.
Consultants used
1689. Mr A J LEON (DA) asked the Minister
of Foreign Affairs:
(1) (a) What was the total cost to the
State of consultants used by her
department in the (i) 2005-06, (ii)
2006-07 and (iii) 2007-08 financial
years, (b) what are the names of the
consultants used, (c) for what purpose
were they used and (d) what
was the reason for preferring to use
consultants instead of hiring persons
with the necessary skills;
(2) whether any former employees of
her department have been employed
as consultants in the abovementioned
financial years; if so, (a) why and
(b) why did each such person leave
her department? NW2466E
The MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS:
(1) (a) Total cost of consultants for
(i) 2005-06: R1 095 956,00
(ii) 2006-07: R6 977 976,18
(iii) 2007-08: R4 258 756,37
(b) As per attached schedule.
(c) As per attached schedule.
(d) Reason for preferring to use consultants
in stead of hiring persons