Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 116: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the refits announced in May 2010 will be implemented and fully available to renewable energy projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15974/11]

Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)
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The proposed REFIT support scheme, which is aimed at supporting the use of biomass in electricity generation and heat production, was submitted to the EU Commission in Brussels for State Aid clearance in November 2010. My Department has been in regular contact with the Commission on this matter and is confident that the final stages of the clearance process by the Commission have been reached.