(1) With reference to procurement contracts in his department in the 2014-15 financial year, (a) how many procurement contracts were concluded despite his department failing to (i) correctly apply the preference points system under the Preferential Procurement Policy Framework Act, Act 5 Friday, 23 October 2015 1438 INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 42 - 2015 of 2000, (ii) request the three necessary quotations and (iii) verify that the relevant bidder qualified in accordance with the Construction Industry Development Board Act, Act 38 of 2000, and its regulations in respect of construction contracts, (b) what was the value of each specified contract, (c) to which company and/or individual was each contract awarded and (d) which services were procured in respect of each contract; (2) has any (a) corrective action and/or (b) disciplinary action been taken in respect of the specified procurement irregularities; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details in respect of each of the specified procurement irregularities; (3) (a) how many new staff members were employed by his department despite his department failing to complete verification checks in respect of such staff members in the 2014-15 financial year, (b) in which positions were the new staff members employed and (c) what is the annual salary of each new staff member; (4) has any (a) corrective action and/or (b) disciplinary action been taken in respect of the specified appointment irregularities; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details in respect of each of the specified appointment irregularities?