(1) (a) How many of her department’s officials are dedicated to environmental protection and monitoring, (b) what are their respective designations, (c) how many vacancies currently exist for such officials and (d) for low long has each of these positions been vacant; (2) what was the budget for environmental protection and monitoring for the 2008-09 financial year; (3) (a) how many mines were found to be in transgression of their environmental management programmes in the 2008-09 financial year, (b) what was the nature of the transgression in each case and (c) what action did her department take in each case?