Many changes may be made to environmental legislation in the future. This is an honest attempt by the Minister and the Houses of the Oireachtas to implement the most important and fundamental legislation to come before the Houses in many years, the Protection of the Environment Bill 2003, transposing EU law into Irish law. We recognise the tremendous responsibility of local authorities and Members of the Oireachtas to protect our environment. Many tributes have been paid to the youth of the country who have played their part in the past. Old age pensioners currently benefit from the provision of free services such as electricity. Given that the cost of waste disposal is so high, this issue should be examined, perhaps not under this Bill but in the context of the Finance Bill and the free schemes.