Dan Boyle (Cork South Central, Green Party)

I accept what the Minister is saying on the inadvisability of placing further levies on biofuels. Is he satisfied that the Bill makes sufficient reference to biofuels and acknowledges the need to include them in national reserves? This is the purpose of the Bill.

The Department must be aware that there is a proposal for a new private biodiesel facility in Cork Harbour, which is to be in close proximity to the existing oil refinery in Whitegate. Given that the intent of the Bill is to manage fossil fuel reserves, could it not be amended, even at this late stage, to take account of non-fossil fuel facilities that are likely to be created in the near future and of the need to reserve whatever types of fuel are created therein?

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