Trevor Sargent (Dublin North, Green Party)
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Question 1232: To ask the Minister for Transport the policy of his Department in relation to encouraging public transport vehicles to run on biofuels and flexi-fuels in view of the progress being made in this regard in other jurisdictions. [1304/07]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The Government remains committed to meeting the requirements of Directive 2003/30/EC, which set an indicative target of 5.75% of all transport fuels to be met by biofuels by 2010.

The investment programme in Transport 21 will have a significant impact on progressing more sustainable forms of transport. Transport 21 also provides funding for pilot projects to support biofuels uptake and my Department is engaged with the relevant stakeholders to explore initiatives in this regard.

These initiatives will examine the use of biofuels in buses and the potential of other forms of transport such as hybrid buses.