PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON CORRECTIONAL SERVICES

DRAFT PROGRAMME JANUARY – MARCH 2008

• Committee period: 15-25 January
• *NCOP: Taking Parliament to the People (10-14 March)

DATE	TIME	AGENDA	VENUE
2-4 January		Leave Period
7-14 January		Constituency Period
Tuesday 15 January		Oversight visit to Thohoyandou Correctional Centre
Wednesday 16 January		Oversight visit to Johannesburg Correctional Centre
Thursday 17 January		Oversight visit to Umtata Correctional Centre
Tuesday 22 January		Oversight visit to Goedemoed Correctional Centre
Wednesday 23 January		Oversight visit to Grootvlei Correctional Centre
Thursday 24 January		Oversight visit to Grootvlei Correctional Centre
Friday 25 January		Oversight visit to Brandfort correctional Centre
Monday 28 Jan – Thursday 7 Feb		Members training
Friday, 08 February		President’s State of the Nation Address
Tuesday,12 February	10:00-13:00	· Department feedback on the number and length of officials’ suspension (ref 13 Nov ’07 meeting) · DCS briefing on outsourcing of services and the use of consultants	To be announced
Friday, 15 February	09:00–12:00	· Researcher report on the SONA · Feedback by the JIOP on its activities and programmes around creating community awareness.	To be announced
Tuesday,19 February	10:00-13:00	· Formal deliberations on the SONA · Consideration and Adoption of the · Committee’s reports on the oversight visits of 15-25 January · Adoption of Committee Minutes	To be announced
Wednesday 20 February		Budget Speech and Introduction of Division of Revenue Bill
Friday, 22 February	09:00 – 12:00	DCS briefing on the electronic monitoring and inmate tracking systems	To be announced
Tuesday, 26 February		Strategic planning workshop
Wednesday 27 February		Strategic planning workshop
Friday, 29 February	09:00-12:00	Briefing on the breakdown of the claims made against the Department and efforts to reduce such claims.	To be announced
Tuesday, 4 March	10:00-13:00	· Research analysis of the DCS 2007/08 budget · Adoption of Committee minutes	To be announced
Friday. 7 March	09:00-12:00	Department’s briefing on its 2008/09 budget	To be announced
Tuesday, 11 March	09:00-13:30	Public hearings on the DCS 2008/09 budget	To be announced
Friday, 14 March	09:00-12:00	Department feedback on the building of new prisons	To be announced
Tuesday, 18 March ’07	09:00-13:00	Progress on investigation into the irregular spending on services for the advertising the DCS on the intranet as part of profiling the DCS leadership. Adoption of Committee Minutes	To be announced
Friday, 21 -24 March		EASTER WEEKEND
Tuesday, 25 March	09:00-13:00	· Department briefing on its recruitment and retention strategy & on the reported R500 million increase in the 2006/07 spending on employee compensation · Formal consideration of the Committee’s report on the DCS’ 2008/09 budget · Adoption of the Committee’s 2^nd term programme	To be announced
Friday 28 March – 8 April		Study Tour to Australia

* Programme subject to change

OUTSTANDING ISSUES

- Report back on Groote Schuur incident (closed session)

- Feedback from the JIOP on the Waterfal and Krugersdorp incidents and the Callaghan case

- Detailed breakdown of JIOP spending

- Feedback from the JIOP on number of complaints received in 2006/07

- Follow up with the JIOP on how IPVs are assessed, remunerated and vetted.

- Department briefing on the progress regarding the reconciliation between the three different computer systems it uses (update on LOGIS) – AR p.77

- Department Feedback on the implementation of the 7 day establishment (challenges, labour, etc) end of 2^nd term

- Department briefing on its fleet management challenges.