The Committee acknowledged the broadened mandate of Department and its entities in order to actively address unemployment, poverty and inequality within the labour market. As such, the Committee was concerned with the understatement of certain targets by the Department and some of the entities, which lead to little contribution to this broadened mandate. The Committee also acknowledged and endorsed additional budgets of the CCMA and Nedlac whose continued contribution during the economic crisis and recession led to underfunding. However, it also cautioned against the notion that government institutions are revenue driven. Although the UIF and the Compensation Fund generate revenue, their mandates of cushioning workers in periods of hardship should not be overtaken by the obsession to generate revenue. These entities should rather extend coverage to uncovered workers and unemployed people where possible.