Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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Question 44: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if current liberalisation or deregulation procedures are sufficient to encourage competition and enable easy access to the electricity market for alternative energy suppliers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13814/06]

John Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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The markets in electricity generation and supply are now liberalised and in that context the Government is committed to increase the contribution from renewable energy technologies to electricity generation and consumption.

The current minimum target is to increase the contribution from renewable energy sources to 13.2% of total electricity production by 2010. The Minister has confirmed that to support delivery of that target he intends to launch the renewable energy feed in tariff, REFIT, programme as soon as possible.