Chairperson, it is unfair for hon Van der Merwe deliberately to ignore that it is this government that has taken a step to manage this area of the use of consultants. The very handbook that the Minister of Finance tabled yesterday, as he was tabling the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement, is a demonstration that we, as government, are determined to work on addressing these things.
I've indicated that we've built and introduced the system to deal with these issues so that we can capture information. It will be wrong to have a one-size-fits-all statement that says in all cases where consultants are used, it is not for genuine reasons. We have to indicate that we are doing all these things so that centrally we may be in a position to address that. It is fair for hon members to give credit where it is due.
We are dealing with these things. We are not saying that we will not give you the information that you need, but what we are saying is that at the time of raising a question like this, where we don't have a central management system, it may be very difficult to do that. When this system is introduced, at the press of a button, we will be able not only to provide answers, but also to manage and make sure that where a consultant is to be used, it would be for scarce skills that we don't command in our Public Service.