Consultation on the Draft Renewable Transport Fuel Policy Statement 2023-2025

The Renewable Transport Fuel Policy sets out the pathway for delivery of biofuel targets in Ireland’s Climate Action Plan for the transport sector, which will deliver significant CO2 emissions abatement over the coming decade.

The draft Renewable Transport Fuel Policy Statement 2023-2025 builds upon the engagement with stakeholders through written consultation, webinars, and meetings over the 2021-2023 period. It also draws upon the findings and recommendations of the biofuel study report published in 2022.

The draft policy statement concerns the supply of renewable transport fuels and a suite of proposed actions over the next two years concerning the renewable transport fuel obligation (RTFO) to achieving greater renewable energy in transport in line with European requirements and national climate action objectives.

It is intended to provide policy certainty for relevant economic operators and stakeholders who are central to the delivery of emission reduction targets in the transport sector.

The Department held a consultation event on 24 February 2023 setting out the key themes and measures to be incorporated into the draft policy statement for the next two years.

Key elements contained in the Draft Policy Statement

The themes covered in the draft policy statement broadly relate to:

• a review of the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation scope
• the obligation rates targets and limit
• supporting compliance
• ongoing review of evidence and research supporting the policy

Consultation has now closed and the Renewable Transport Fuel Policy 2023-2025 has been published

Terms and Conditions

Respondents are advised that the Department is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2014, the European Communities (Access to Information on the Environment) Regulations 2007- 2014, and Data Protection legislation. Personal, confidential, or commercially sensitive information should not be included in your submission, and it will be presumed that all information contained in your submission is releasable under the Freedom of Information Act 2014.

What we will do with your response

Responses will inform the consultation on the Renewable Transport Fuels Policy being undertaken by the Department of Transport, in terms of the consideration of options. Please note that submissions received may be made available on the Government’s website. In any event, all submissions received will be subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act and Data Protection legislation.

Privacy information

• This is a public consultation, and the Freedom of Information Act 2014 and the Access to Information on the Environment (AIE) legislation apply.
• To ensure privacy, any personal information you give this department will be protected under the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/67 and the Data Protection Act 2018.
• You can read the Department’s privacy statement here.
• The Department may publish the results of reviews and submissions received under this consultation on www.gov.ie. The Department may publish the contents of all submissions received to this consultation on our website, www.gov.ie. We will redact personal data prior to publication. In responding to this consultation, parties should clearly indicate where their responses contain personal information, commercially sensitive information, or confidential information which they would not wish to be released under FOI, AIE or otherwise published.
• A full list of those who make submissions may be included as an appendix in the report on the consultation. Any personal data will be removed.
• Submissions will be kept until the review process and the implementation of any accepted recommendations has finished.
• You can view the Department’s Data Protection page which outlines how and when the Department collects personal data, why it is collected and how the information is treated. It also explains your rights in relation to the collection of personal information and how you can exercise those rights.