Gerard Murphy (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Question 182: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department intends to initiate a scheme of energy efficiency labelling for private motor vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30939/06]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The National Climate Change Strategy proposed to implement a system of fuel economy labelling for new cars and the monitoring of carbon dioxide emissions rates for all newly registered cars. Since August 2001, regulations require all new passenger cars for sale to be individually labelled with fuel economy and carbon dioxide emissions information. A report on the implementation of the National Climate Change Strategy, Ireland's Pathway to Kyoto Compliance, which was published in July 2006 for public consultation, proposed that public awareness of the carbon dioxide emissions from each vehicle model might be increased through a redesign of the existing fuel economy label. I will consider final decisions in relation to this proposal in light of submissions received from the public consultation.