(1)Whether there have been any talks and/or progress in the establishment of a separate bargaining council for the Department of Higher Education and Training; if not, what steps still need to be taken to establish the bargaining council; if so, what progress has been made in this regard;
(2) which bargaining council(s) is/are currently responsible to deal with issues regarding the service conditions of public service staff employed by the Department of Higher Education and Training;
(3) on what date did the General Public Service Sector Bargaining Council or the Public Service Co-ordinating Bargaining Council receive the draft collective agreement on the service conditions of staff employed at community education and training centres as proposed by the Department of Higher Education and Training;
(4) (a) which entity will deal with the proposed collective agreement in the meantime and (b) what would be a realistic timeline for an agreement on the service conditions of staff serving at community education and training colleges to be finalised?