Michael Kitt (Fianna Fail)

I, too, thank the Minister for his attendance for the various Stages of the Bill. While it mostly deals with the licensing provisions, we discussed many other environmental issues. I thank the Minister, in particular, for his support for the Tidy Towns competition to which I referred and also for the fact that so many schools are involved in the green flag programme. I was recently at a function at which the 19th school in County Galway received a green flag. I am told there will be a lot more green flags in Galway before this year is out – and that is just one county. Much credit is due to An Taisce for its work on this project. I am glad we have got this far with the Bill. No doubt we will be returning to these issues in the months and years ahead.