I move that the Second Stage be ordered for Wednesday, 18 March 1981.
Litter Bill, 1981: Order for Second Stage.
Bill entitled an Act to provide for the prevention and regulation of the creation of litter, and for the control of litter, in or near a public place and for the prohibition of the abandonment of vehicles on any land without the consent of the occupier, to provide for the control and regulation of the keeping of disused vehicles and other articles on any land, for those and other purposes to confer certain functions on local authorities and to provide for other matters connected with the foregoing.
I want to ask if the Government will agree to an emergency debate on what is described in one of today's papers as a mini-budget——
I am sorry. Deputy, but that is not in order.
I am asking on the Order of Business if the Taoiseach will agree to an emergency debate on what is described as a mini-budget, an increase of 12p on the gallon of petrol, 76p on a cylinder of gas——
(Interruptions.)
That is not in order on the Order of Business. I am calling the Minister for the Environment. When is it proposed to take the Second Stage?
Next Wednesday.
Question put and agreed to.
Item No. 3.
On the Order of Business I am entitled to ask the Taoiseach if he will agree to an emergency debate——
The Deputy is not in order.
I am entitled to ask the Taoiseach——
(Interruptions.)
The Deputy is not in order.
The leader of the Opposition has asked a legitimate question. Can he not have an answer?
I am entitled to ask the Taoiseach if he will agree to a debate——
The Deputy is not in order. Please return to the Order of Business. Item No. 3.