I will do my best to mention legislation.

Thank God. A conversion.

I am glad the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine is present. Under the climate Bill, in view of the terrible summer we had and the huge rainfall over the past number of days, I refer to the extension given to farmers to spread slurry. It should not be calendar related; it should be related to the climate.

I suggest that should be tabled as a topical issue.

Could the Minister extend the scheme further because no work could be done as a result of the weather over the past number of days.

We are all disappointed now. We thought at long last we had converted the Deputy.

It is in the climate Bill.

What has the spreading of slurry got to with the climate Bill?

If the climate is not right, one cannot spread the slurry.

The Deputy should not be looking for a climate Bill; he should be looking for a roof to be put over Ireland.

When is the climate Bill due?

This is a serious issue for farmers.

The Deputy can table a parliamentary question or a topical issue but it is not relevant to the Order of Business.

I am asking about the climate Bill. I cannot get a topical issue accepted; the Ceann Comhairle keeps refusing them.

The Deputy gets his fair share.

Two in two years.

He will get fewer now.

It will be zero over the next two years.

The Deputy's former party introduced topical issues when in government.

I call the Minister on the climate Bill.

I would not for one moment suggest that I have more expertise about problems relating to slurry than Deputy McGrath.

There is a fair bit of it around Sandymount as well.

Farmers cannot spread it.

I am aware of the difficulties farmers are experiencing in this regard because of the weather and the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine has informed me that there has been an extension of two weeks and there will be a further extension-----

Hold on; the Minister is getting into bad habits. When will the climate Bill be introduced?

Next year.

We are talking to the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government at the moment. There has been no decision on another extension yet.