Madam Chair, we will support this Budget Vote. However, we have to agree that there are major problems in this department. We sincerely hope that this year the budget will be spent as planned. In fact, the funds need to be spent as planned this year. We hope that the staff shortages will be addressed once and for all. We really do have a problem, and it needs to be addressed. We need to see that the corruption is stamped out in this department. There are major problems, and they have to be addressed.
We want to see that the concerns that the Portfolio Committee on Correctional Services have addressed will be dealt with and that we get answers to these matters this year. We want to see the eight new generation prisons built this year. We really want to see progress.
We also congratulate the new national commissioner. I believe we have an extremely capable, very motivated and very positive man in our new commissioner and with his help, I believe, we can make a difference. Minister, I hope that you will be tackling these challenges this year to see that this department really moves.