A report on water quality was issued today. It is clear that municipal authorities have a lot of money to spend on their infrastructure. I want to talk about organic waste from agriculture, especially from intensive farms. There is an awful lot of modern technology out there with modern methods to deal with this waste. I would be very critical of various Departments that have not embraced this technology. We need pilot projects across the country to show exactly what can be done as regards energy creation and creating an organic pellet fertiliser to spread on farmland, which will have a beneficial effect on water quality. This needs to be co-financed and driven by various Departments. As of now this has not happened and it must happen as a matter of urgency.

I thank the Deputy for raising what is a very important issue. He has a long track record in being innovative in this area and suggesting sensible technology-based alternatives that could help the overall situation with organic waste and so forth. I will follow up on this. There should be more pilot projects and finance and resources should be made available to facilitate projects of the kind the Deputy has advocated, both for intensive farming and agriculture more generally. I will follow up in that regard. I appreciate the points Deputy Cahill has made.

Deputy Gino Kenny is not with us so that concludes Questions on Promised Legislation.

I was drawn out of the lottery.

You were but you spoke already as leader of your group. You can hardly expect to get in twice.

Those are the rules.

They are not, actually.

They are, actually.

I have a reasonable familiarity with the rules.

So do I. You should read them again. Just because you do not like the questioner does not mean you should not allow the question.

I have no problem with any questioner but I am afraid-----

I was drawn in the lottery-----

Yes but you also spoke as leader. There is no provision here, of which I am aware, whereby a person can speak twice on the same issue. I am sorry.

You are the one who brought in this lottery idea.

I did not bring in any idea - good, bad or indifferent. Anything that is done here is done on the recommendations of a variety of committees and is done by the House.

Who do you think you are fooling?

I do not think I am fooling anyone. The Deputy need not think he is fooling me either.