The Committee expressed concern at the slow expenditure of the grants and stated that the National Treasury needed to monitor the expenditure thereof more efficiently. The point was made that the National Treasury needed to provide more support to provinces and municipalities regarding technical capacity to successfully apply for these grants since the successful expenditure thereof would result in job creation. The National Treasury had a responsibility to ensure that local government and provinces were capacitated and trained regarding grants. Also, the processes involved in applying for grants needed to be simplified.