Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 170: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to his announcement of the REFIT price for co-firing of miscanthus and other biomass, when this REFIT price will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23824/10]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)
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The recently announced Renewable Energy Feed In Tariffs (REFIT) for biomass technologies will assist the development of a sustainable biomass supply sector in Ireland. They will ensure that there is a ready demand for biomass and will build on the measures already in place including the REHEAT programme and the Energy Crop grant schemes run by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. The support tariffs will require State Aid clearance from the European Commission before they can be implemented. Their announcement sends a clear signal to the market at this point and my Department will progress the State Aid clearance over the coming months.