The Portfolio Committee reemphasised their concerns about areas and functions of the Department and their Entities that appear not to be adequately resourced. Members also expressed concerns about the adjusted allocation received by the Department through the adjusted estimate of national expenditure where requests for unforeseen and unavoidable expenses associated with an emergency medical evacuation from Marion Island was not granted. This is especially concerning in light of the fact that a request to increase the budget allocation for the programme associated with research and relief vessels (Agulhas 11 and the Algoa) required to cover unexpected quantum of the increases in fuel and food prices was also not favourably considered. The unsuccessful request means that expenses associated with the medical evacuation as well as the increased operational costs of the vessels need to be reprioritised from an already stretched budget allocation. R100 million allocated to the EPW programme (Working on Water and Working on Fire) were cut. The cuts effected over the MTEF (2013/14 to 2015/16) to the Department's baseline allocation despite the Department's motivated submission to Treasury also had consequences on delivery services and the measures already taken over the past three years to reprioritise the budget and meet the capacity instruments to deliver against its regulatory mandate.