(1) Whether the right of access to palliative care forms part of his department's access to health care services; if not, why not; if so, (a) what criteria or conditions are applied in assessing the necessity for palliative care and (b) what (i) measures have been and/or will be implemented to secure the right of access to palliative care for all by (aa) his department and (bb) provincial health departments and (ii) budget is available within (aa) his department and (bb) each of the provincial health departments to fund palliative care; (2) for each health district (a) what are the reasons or diseases giving rise to the need for palliative care, (b) how many persons are documented as requiring palliative care for each listed reason for the (i) 2012-13, (ii) 2013-14 and (iii) 2014-15 financial years and (c) for each reason or disease, (i) how many persons received the palliative care they needed, (ii) who provided the palliative care and (iii) what was the extent of the palliative care funded by the State?