The climate change Bill seems to have been delayed and is now awaiting Cabinet approval. The expert advisory group on climate change should have been appointed several weeks ago. I ask the Taoiseach to update the House on the status of both the legislation and the expert group.

The revised heads of the Bill will be presented to Cabinet before Easter. I will find out about the expert advisory group. Incidentally, climate change was the subject of some serious discussion at the recent European Council meeting, in the context of energy in particular.

That concludes the Order of Business for today. We will now move on to statements on the recent European Council meeting, pursuant to Standing Order 102A. I will be calling on the Taoiseach to make a statement under Standing Order 43.