Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister. He mentioned biofuels. I want to ask about that because it is Government policy. The promotion of biofuels is in the draft climate action plan. On the use of hydrotreated vegetable oil, HVO, a recent study revealed that, between them, Ireland and Britain imported 151 million l of used cooking oil from Malaysia in 2020. However, a separate study concluded that only 70 million l of used cooking oil were collected in Malaysia. This indicates a significant problem that may be explained by the mislabelling of palm oil, which is not a sustainable fuel whatsoever. It was reported that the Department has established a working group to determine Ireland's vulnerability to fraud in the biofuels industry. Will the Minister provide an update on that and whether the promotion of HVO will be paused while the group is doing its work in order to ensure that we are not unwittingly importing palm oil and having negative environmental impacts by doing so?