The Committee raised a number of questions around incentive payments and schemes, and felt that there would be a need for further engagement with the Department in this regard. The Department responded that the incentive payments referred to the grant programmes for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) mainly in the manufacturing and tourism sectors, as well as for sector specific grant programmes, such as the film industry and business process outsourcing. Access to these funds was dependent on a number of conditionalities, such as employment generation and geographical location. The size of the grant was up to 30% of the capital component invested in the project. In the Committee's view, incentive payments and schemes addressed a wider spectrum than what the Department has reported on.