Margaret Cox (Fianna Fail)

Will the Leader arrange a debate with the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government on waste management? As we head into 2005, it is timely to look back over the success of the recycling, reuse and reduction strategies that have been in place, and supported by the Government, at all local authority levels. It is important to focus on the possibility of rewarding the efforts of people involved in these programmes throughout the country by once again examining the issue of incineration and deciding whether it is the way to go in the short term. I ask the Leader to invite the Minister to come to the House to debate the matter.