Feargal Quinn (Independent)

I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Noel Ahern, to the House. I congratulate him on taking the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Cullen's place. I am sorry to hear he is indisposed. The Minister of State has given us a clear view of the policy on waste management and issues that I was not aware of, such as the waste hierarchy. I was on the board of Repak, but I cannot say much now because Senator Kitt has covered all the areas that I wished to cover.