Leon Amos Schreiber

National Assembly

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About Leon Amos Schreiber

Mr. Schreiber serves as the Democratic Alliance Shadow Minister for Public Service and Administration. He holds a Bachelor's, BA Honours, and Master's degrees in political science from Stellenbosch. He also obtained his Ph.D. in political science from the Free University of Berlin in Germany. Read more

2019 committee attendance as mp

92% attendance rate

Attended 23 meetings out of 25

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Recent meetings attended

Ad Hoc Committee to Initiate and Introduce Legislation amending Section 25 of Constitution — Draft bill amending section 25 of the Constitution: discussion & publishing for comment — 5 Dec 2019
Public Service and Administration, Performance Monitoring and Evaluation — Office of Standards & Compliance; Public servants prohibited from doing business with state; Financial Disclosure Framework: progress reports; with Deputy Minister — 20 Nov 2019
Public Service and Administration, Performance Monitoring and Evaluation — Public Service Commissioner recommendation — 19 Nov 2019
Public Service and Administration, Performance Monitoring and Evaluation — Public Service Commissioner vacancy: nomination of recommended candidates — 14 Nov 2019
Public Service and Administration, Performance Monitoring and Evaluation — Contract Appointments; Thusong Service Centres; Revised Ministerial Handbook, with Minister — 6 Nov 2019

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Currently

Member at Portfolio Committee on Public Service and Administration (National Assembly Committees) since 27th June 2019
Member at National Assembly (Parliament) since 22nd May 2019
Member at Democratic Alliance (DA) (Party)

Formerly

8th Candidate at Democratic Alliance Regional Western Cape Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019
42nd Candidate at Democratic Alliance Provincial Western Cape Election List 2019 (Election List) from 23rd April 2019 until 8th May 2019

Committee appearances

Progress on the establishment of the Office of Standards and Compliance & implementation of protocol to prohibit public servants from doing business with the state: Department briefing; Monitoring Financial Disclosure Framework in the public service: PSC briefing 20 Nov 2019

Dr L Schreiber (DA) said it appeared that there had been an increase in the number of public servants doing business with the state, from 798 to 1068, which was about a 33% increase. However, only 20 had been referred for prosecution and investigation, which represented only 1.8% of ...
Commissioner for the PSC: deliberations & adoption of recommended candidate to be selected 19 Nov 2019

Dr L Schreiber (DA) agreed with Ms Kibi's comments about Ms Bosch. Her interview was less impressive than what her CV suggested. He expressed strong reservations about Ms Hlatshwayo. The Constitution stipulates that the Commission has to be independent and impartial. The Public Service Commission Act states that no ...
PSC Commissioner Vacancy: Recommendations and Report 14 Nov 2019

Dr L Schreiber (DA) asked if it is appropriate for the adoption of this report to take place.
Interviews for filling PSC Commissioner vacancy Day 3 6 Nov 2019

Dr L Schreiber (DA) asked the candidate to focus on corruption in relation to public servants doing business with the state. There was already legislation in place to prevent this corruption, however recent reports indicate that this is still ongoing. He asked what the best way of preventing or eliminating ...
Contract appointments in government departments; Thusong Service Centres: DPSA, GCIS & COGTA input; Revised Ministerial Handbook, with Minister 6 Nov 2019

Dr L Schreiber (DA) referred to the response rate on the methodology, which indicated that 63% of national departments and 68% of provincial departments had participated in the survey. Did this mean that the percentages mentioned were the response rates? If this were so, it would be concerning because it ...

All Committee Appearances

Questions

Questions asked to the Minister in the Presidency 25 Nov 2019

(a) What is the name of each (i) Director-General and (ii) Head of Department who failed to submit mid-term reviews by 31 September 2019 as agreed to in the performance monitoring system for the 2018-19 financial year and (b) in which (i) national and (ii) provincial government department is each ...
Questions asked to the Minister of Public Service and Administration 13 Nov 2019

Noting that his department is currently reviewing the Ministerial Handbook for the second time this year, (a) by what date will his department finalise the second revision and (b) what are the (i) substantive areas within the Handbook that are currently under review and (ii) further relevant details?
Questions asked to the Minister of Public Enterprises 6 Nov 2019

(1)What number of (a) public service employees are currently employed in each entity reporting to him and (b) the specified public service employees are appointed in the (i) senior and (ii) middle management levels; (2) what is the average remuneration package of public service employees appointed at (a) senior ...

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Plenary appearances

QUESTIONS TO MINISTERS GOVERNANCE CLUSTER 3 27 Nov 2019

Thank you Deputy Speaker, Minister Mboweni told us that we need to at least R150 billion over the next three years. In a committee meeting shortly before the MTBPS, the Minister of Finance said that his personal preference for solving the wage bill crisis was for public servants to take ...
UNGQONGQOSHE KAHULUMENI WOKUBAMBISANA NEZINDABA 27 Nov 2019

Thank you, Chair. Hon Chair, just two days ago the PSC released its latest Pulse of the Public Service report. The report highlights that national and provincial departments still owe our job- creating businesses billions in unpaid invoices. The report also shows that public servants routinely ignore court rulings without ...

All Plenary Appearances

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