The Portfolio Committee is, however, extremely concerned about the inadequacy of allocations in general, the impacts of the cut to the baseline of the Department and the fact that requests for additional funding were not granted in terms of areas of work that is substantially under-resourced, such as the Oceans Research programme and areas where the ability of the country to meet our international obligations and constitutional obligations to South African citizens are being compromised due to insufficient resources. The unsuccessful requests for additional funds, in the following areas, are of particular concern to the Portfolio Committee: