Joe O'Toole (Independent)

I welcome the Minister to the House. I also welcome the legislation. I want to put a few matters straight. I was one of the people who was critical in my contribution on the budget debate about the €270 million allocation but that did not mean I am opposed to emissions trading. I was one of the people who criticised the Power of One campaign but that does not mean I am opposed to any of the measures suggested in that campaign. It is the imbalance that bothered me.

The Minister referred to team development mechanisms in various places around the world and he gave an example of a housing estate somewhere in South Africa. I lay a bet with him that the installation requirements in those houses are closer to Gerard McCaughey's view than to the views of his Department.