(1)With reference to his reply to oral question 53 on 3 September 2014, what is the implementation status of the solutions to (a) directly fund the National Institute for Communicable Diseases, the National Institute for Occupational Health and the Cancer Registry from the fiscus, (b) pay all employees of the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) from the fiscus and (c) pay pathology specialists in training through the Department of Higher Education and Training;
(2) whether he has taken any steps to address the NHLS’s billing system; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
(3) what is the current status of the accrued debt owed by the (a) Gauteng and (b) KwaZulu-Natal provincial governments to the NHLS;
(4) when will he introduce in Parliament the legislation to establish the National Public Health Institute;
(5) what is the status of the establishment of the (a) National Institute for Non-Communicable Diseases and (b) National Institute for Injury and Violence Prevention?