The Portfolio Committee on Arts and Culture held a meeting with the Department of Arts and Culture on 13 April 2011 to create an opportunity for the Committee to assess whether the Department would be able to implement its programme for the 2011/12 financial year. The Department presented its programme to the Committee, at a meeting held on 8 February 2011. The meeting also afforded the Committee an opportunity to determine the extent of the support the Department needed to execute its mandate.