(1)What are the reasons that her department has decided to hand over the entire responsibility of verifying the details of early childhood centres (ECDs) and processing the respective payments of the Early Childhood Development Stimulus Relief Fund to the provincial departments of social development;
(2) how will the shift in responsibility impact the ECDs that are still waiting for payment since the announcement in February 2021;
(3) whether her department has assessed the internal resources and capacity of provincial departments to fulfil the new responsibility; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details;
(4) what (a) support will her department provide to provinces and (b) will become of the allocated funds should provincial departments not process payments before 31 March 2022?