(1) Whether he has been informed about the incident that senior officials of his department were ordered out of a meeting of the Portfolio Committee on Public Works on 28 August 2012; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details; (2) whether he has been informed of any previous occasions where officials from his department were dismissed on similar grounds; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details; (3) whether he has found that the officials’ dismissal from the committee was warranted; if so, what steps does he intend to take in this regard; if not, (4) whether he has engaged with the portfolio committee to explain and rectify the issue at hand; (5) what was the extent of the fruitless expenditure with regard to (a) flights and (b) accommodation during the past as well as previous dismissal from portfolio committee meetings?