Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 214: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will recommend to the Department of Finance further incentives to those involved in alternative energy production; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33662/06]

Noel Dempsey (Meath, Fianna Fail)
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The Bio-energy Ministerial Task Force, which I established in July this year, will develop by end-year a cohesive national bioenergy strategy. Further policy initiatives are being considered in the context of these developments and the forthcoming Green Paper on Energy Policy. The scope for future funding programmes will be considered in the context of the Estimates and Budget processes.