The Department of Public Works received a total allocation of R 6. 4 billion over the METF from which the Entities will be allocated funds as follows: Agrment South Africa: 10.3 million, Council for the Built Environment: 25.5 million and Construction Industry Development Board: 63.6 million. The Department allocated its budget amongst its programmes as follows: Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP): R1.01 billion, R1.1 billion for compensation of employees, R570 million for goods and services, R351 million for office accommodation, R3 billion for transfers and subsidies, R1.9 billion for property rates, R1.3 billion for capital infrastructure and R69.9 million for payments for capital assets. The Department of Public Works indicated to the Committee that they did not have enough funding for skills development, and there were no funds for the implementation of the Occupation Specific Dispensation (OSD), which was going to create a lot of unhappiness in the Department.