NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO. 1048
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 25 March 2011
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO. 9)
Mr M Waters (DA) to ask the Minister of Health:
(1) Whether any monies have been allocated to the employment of
inspectors for the Office of Standards Compliance in the (a) 2009-10,
(b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12 financial years; if not, why not; if so,
how much in each case;
(2) whether any of the positions for inspector have been (a) advertised
and (b) filled since 1 April 2009; if not, why not; if so, (i) on what
date was each advertisement placed, (ii) how many inspectors have been
appointed and (iii) on what date did their employment commence;
(3) what are the minimum qualifications required to be an inspector in
this office?
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REPLY:
1) (a) In the 2009-10 financial year, no funds were allocated to
employ inspectors for the Office of Health Standards Compliance
(OSC) as such posts had not been created on the OSC staff
establishment. In the 2010-11 financial year R3Â 073Â 000.00 was
allocated for compensation of employees, although only one post
(Director0 was filled; and Inspector posts were created;
(b) For the 2011-12 financial year R3Â 538Â 859.00 for the inspectors
has been allocated to date. It is anticipated that this would
increase with the establishment of the new Office of Health
Standards Compliance, once the Amendment Bill to establish this
is promulgated.
2) The process of establishing the inspectorate posts on the staff
establishment of the OSC was recently concluded. Ten (10) inspectors
have been appointed.
3) A tertiary qualification in health science, health management or a
related field is the minimum requirement needed to be an inspector in
the OSC.
END.