The Minister has told us that the Minister for the Environment has asked local authorities to draw up plans for the disposal of waste but has any money been provided to enable the local authorities to implement that plan?

In many other areas——

There is a shortage of money.

——the local authorities are being asked to implement something without being given the necessary finances to do so. An example is the pollution Act.

Hear, hear.

That is a matter for the Minister for Finance and the Deputy will have an opportunity of raising the question later this afternoon.

This question is to the Minister for Industry and Energy. He is the one who brought up the matter.