The Committee is told that court buildings are typically old: unless maintained routinely, the state of these building quickly deteriorates to the extent that major work is needed to restore them. In this regard, the Committee finds it questionable that in the year under review no RAMP projects were undertaken (four were scheduled), as funds were diverted to the capital projects. The Committee is also informed that DPW has now discontinued the RAMP project although planned maintenance will still be undertaken. Further, DPW is negotiating for the Department to take over cleaning and gardening services - but with no accompanying transfer of funds! The Committee requests that the Department provide it with a comprehensive written report on progress with regard to planned maintenance of court buildings by 30 January 2013 and be prepared to report on this matter at the next quarterly meeting in February 2013.