I wish to ask about the commitment in the programme for Government on the promised climate change Bill. We were promised the Bill last year. The roadmap has been published by the Minister and we were promised the heads of the Bill prior to the summer. Summer came and went but nothing happened.

On several occasions during the autumn we were promised that we would have it before Christmas, but the Minister did not bring it forward and neither did Santa Claus.

What about the Easter bunny or the tooth fairy?

We cannot have this discussion now.

The Minister is president of the European Council of Environment Ministers at the moment and it is embarrassing. The effects of climate change are all around us. Entire countries are facing drought and starvation, so we must play our part. When will we see that Bill?

We are playing our part and will continue to do so.

We are not. The House is being fobbed off on it.

The matter is in two phases. The first element is in respect of the low carbon Bill, which I expect to be cleared by the Government in the next couple of weeks. That is part of the larger climate change Bill, which will be produced later on in the year. I have noted yesterday's comments by the President of the United States. Ireland will, of course, do its bit. We have set out our own principles and objectives in that regard: first, the low carbon Bill; and, later on in the year, the climate change Bill itself.

We have been waiting for two years.