Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 87: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of vehicles operated by his Department that run on bio fuels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13409/07]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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In accordance with the National Climate Change Strategy, which I launched earlier this week, the Government is developing a Sustainable Transport Action Plan under which public sector fleet operators will be required to publish strategies to reduce emissions from their fleets including the increased use of biofuels. In this regard, the entire fleet of the National Parks and Wildlife Service of my Department numbering some 150 vehicles is now capable of running on biodiesel.

Contract arrangements for the supply of biodiesel are currently being finalised following which the National Parks and Wildlife Service can begin to order supplies for use by its vehicles