My colleague, the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, is responsible in the first instance for the promotion and development of renewable energy, including biofuels, and is committed to the development and promotion of a biofuels market in Ireland's transport fuel sector.
An interdepartmental group, chaired by the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources and comprising officials from my Department, the Departments of Finance and Transport, the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and Sustainable Energy Ireland, SEI, has been set up to consider policy options for the development of a biofuels sector in Ireland.