I ask the Minister to reconsider his proposals before Committee Stage. Everybody must take responsibility for our failure to recycle and the problems we face with waste collection and disposal. The Department bears overall responsibility, councillors are responsible for the lack of development while county managers can also take some of the heat. The Minister placed all the blame on councillors, who, he said, had failed in their duty to deal properly with waste. This is the message emanating from the Department. Nothing could be further from the truth.