Hon member, I think I will be repeating myself on this one. I said earlier on that we are of the view that the use of consultants, as far as the department is concerned, should be minimised in future.
However, at the same time, when we talk about the issue of consultancy, we must look at the budget of the department and what percentage of that budget has been used for consultants. If, for example, you look into the calculations of the billions that are allocated to the department and the millions that have been used for consultancy, it is a fraction of what has been allocated to the department.
It is not that funding has been abused as such, but some work needed to be done and the department made use of that funding to ensure that we got the necessary expertise to deliver on our mandate.