Arising from the Taoiseach's earlier reply to Deputy McManus, when she asked about the prospects of a climate change Bill being produced by the Government and drew his attention to the fact that the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, has promised that such a Bill will be presented to the House before Christmas, the Taoiseach in response relied on the programme for Government. The interesting and surprising point about the programme for Government was that it did not in any way commit to a climate change Bill. Will the Government introduce a climate change Bill or will it not?

If the Government so decides, of course it will.

That is like asking how long is a piece of string. What is the Government's——

It is beyond the remit of these questions.

This is an immediate issue that is being addressed by the Government. We have had lengthy discussions on all of the workings of the Cabinet sub-committee——

I know.

——which I presume must be discussing something. It must have, even tangentially, come up with the prospect of a climate change Bill, particularly if a member of the Cabinet is out there saying there will be such a Bill. All I want to know is whether the Government will introduce a climate change Bill. The Taoiseach says it will do so if it decides to. I know that, but what is the Government's position? Are we to have a climate change Bill or are we not?

It does not come under the remit of these questions. The Taoiseach will be as helpful as he can be.

I made it clear the Government has yet to consider such a Bill. I cannot give a commitment to introduce a Bill until I have seen it.

Is the Taoiseach confirming that no memorandum has yet been presented to the Government on this matter?

He cannot confirm anything like that because, as he has already explained, only the Cabinet is privy to that.

He did earlier. He said——

There is no room for mystery in this regard. The situation is that it is open for any Minister to bring any initiative to Cabinet. No such initiative has been brought for consideration by Cabinet at this point.

I call Deputy Kenny.

I want——

Deputy Gilmore has now had three bites at the same cherry and they are not in order.

It is a very large cherry.

There cannot be much of it left.

A Cabinet Minister has gone on public record to say there will be a climate change Bill before the end of the year.

The Deputy would want to ask him about it.

The Head of the Government now tells us that no proposal to bring a climate change Bill has appeared before the Government.

The Deputy will have to ask the line Minister about it.