Noel Grealish (Galway West, Independent)
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261. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a timeline for the publication of legislation enabling additional renewable transport fuel obligation certificates to be awarded in respect of renewable transport fuels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12888/23]

Noel Grealish (Galway West, Independent)
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262. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will carry out a consultation process with interested parties to inform the development of regulations in relation to additional renewable transport fuel obligation certificates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12889/23]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 261 and 262 together.

As provided for in sections 44G and 44GA of the National Oil Reserves Agency Act, I am undertaking a 28-day statutory consultation on draft renewable transport fuel regulations, including a regulation to provide for the issue of additional renewable transport fuel obligation certificate by the National Oil Reserves Agency for specified renewable transport fuels, where those fuels are used for specific purposes or means of transport to incentivise the supply of these renewable transport fuels.

As part of the statutory consultation I published the draft regulation on the Department’s website on Friday 3, March 2023. The closing date for consultation submissions is Thursday, 30 March 2023.

In making the regulations, which I intend to put in place by 1 April 2023, I am required to consider the outcome of the statutory consultation, as well as having regard to any other possible effect of the regulations on the economy and the environment, including the effect on fuel prices within the State, National plans under relevant European Union energy and climate requirements, and the carbon budgets and sectoral emission ceilings prepared and approved under the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015.