. The Department strengthens its awareness strategy to ensure that the community is aware of its programmes; . The Department speeds up the finalisation of the Women Empowerment and Gender Equality Bill and brief the Committee accordingly; . The Department briefs the Committee on the role, function, structure and budget of the National Council on Gender-Based Violence; . The Department provides the Committee with a detailed account of all donor money received to date and an indication of what the deliverables were required in this regard; . The Department expedites the filling of funded vacant positions and update the Committee in this regard in terms of progress; . All departmental programmes have SMART objectives that are linked to detailed targets and indicators that coincide with activities all of which have to be costed accordingly. Clear time frames should be stipulated; and . The Department provides the Committee with regular updated reports on the implementation of the TAS and submit all outstanding quarterly reports timeously.