Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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Question 42: To ask the Minister for Transport the action he will take through mechanisms such as vehicle standards, road pricing, public transport provision or otherwise to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the transport sector here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24269/07]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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A number of measures relating to transport are included in the revised National Climate Change Strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. These include technology improvements, rebalancing of motor taxes and fuel economy labelling, Dublin Traffic measures, Mineral Oil Tax Relief for biofuels, modal shift through Transport 21, alignment of transport investment with spatial planning, and the achievement of a 5.75% biofuels blend in fuels by 2010. In all the transport sector will provide up to 13% in total national emission savings under that Strategy.

I have also announced the preparation of a Sustainable Travel and Transport Action Plan, which will set out a broad suite of policies and measures to help the transport sector progress along a more sustainable trajectory and make a further contribution to reducing emissions to 2020. The Action Plan will consider measures necessary to achieve reduction in greenhouse gas emissions along with other elements of sustainability relating to economic competitiveness and quality of life. The aim is to publish the Plan in the Spring of 2008.