I am a big fan of the green school projects. There are 35 schools in County Galway involved in the scheme with 32 receiving the green flag from An Taisce. This started off as a simple project where schools collected newspapers, milk cartons and drinks cans for recycling. Now, they have moved into other areas such as composting, reusing materials, such as egg cartons and ice lolly sticks, and bringing nature trails and gardens to schools. This is an important initiative by the local authorities, schools and An Taisce that I hope will continue to be successful. The local authorities have many other proposals with regard to this scheme.