1. The Committee makes a number of observations relating to the budgets of the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development, National Prosecuting Authority, Legal Aid South Africa (Legal Aid SA), Office of the Chief Justice (OCJ), Special Investigating Unit (SIU), South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) and Public Protector South Africa (PPSA). These take into account that this report occurs towards the end of the Fourth Parliament. 2. In its 2012 BRRR, the Committee made various recommendations to the National Assembly on the forward funding needs of the Department, entities and institutions that account to it. The Committee is unhappy that National Treasury's response was not available to the Committee when it engaged with the Department, entities and institutions that it oversees. This caused embarrassment to the Committee, at the time, as it was unable to respond to queries relating to the apparent refusal of the Committee's recommendations contained in the BRRR. The timing of the response does not assist and the Committee does not believe that the legislation was enacted with this intention. The Committee remains of the view that there may be need to revise the BRRR process to identify refinements that will facilitate greater synchronicity with the budget cycle. The Committee, however, is pleased with National Treasury's response: 'Over the MTEF period, the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development has been allocated an additional R88 million for court security, R75 million for start-up and operational costs of new courts, and R90 million for Thuthuzela Care Centres. Additionally, R45 million has been allocated to Legal Aid South Africa and R24 million to the South African Human Rights Commission for additional capacity. The National Treasury concurs with the Committee's other recommendations, which might be considered for funding in future should the fiscal framework permit'. 2. Funding constraints