This, in turn, brings into play our economic progress. Having a high quality environment and effective regime for controlling environmental pollution are a hugely important selling point for Ireland. In a world of growing and deepening competition, they can provide us with a very valuable competitive advantage. This is readily recognised by external investors who would be considering new industrial developments here. Increasingly, people who are proposing coming to the country want to know about that. They often ask whether we have a modern waste management system in place to meet the requirements of their industrial project.