Deputy Speaker, the NFP welcomes the Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report on the Department of Public Service and Administration tabled here today.
The National School of Government is a very important pillar in the department. The need to train and transfer necessary skills to public servants to best serve the public is vital in achieving the objectives set out by the Public Service Act, particularly the need to uphold integrity, ethics, conduct and anticorruption, as well as transformation, reform, innovation and any other matter to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the Public Service and its service delivery to the public.
The NFP notes the clean audit achieved by the National School of Government, as well as maintaining accredited status by relevant accredited bodies. Completing the eight training needs analysis to inform training and development opportunities in the Public Service ... Further, on completing seven evaluation and four applications of learning studies ...
The NFP notes that 25 e-learning interventions were offered to public servants. A total of 61 005 current and potential servants were trained on compulsory and demand- led training on school curricula.
Irregular expenditure, which amounted to R310 000 caused by goods and services, which were procured without obtaining the required price quotations, again shows negligence.
It is important that we avoid the dragging of disciplinary cases. The department has lost millions, amounting to precautionary suspensions nationally ... 27,1 million only.
The NFP notes the 2% target met by the PSC for people with disabilities and employment equity. However, we must push to achieve the 50% target for the representation of females at senior management service, SMS, levels 13 to 16. The department must put measures in place to assist the PSC to achieve a clean audit. The NFP supports the Budgetary Review and Recommendation Report tabled here today. Thank you.