Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)
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Question 171: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the discussions at the recent Brussels meeting of Foreign Ministers on establishing fixed EU targets on renewable energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10388/07]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I welcome the decision by the Spring European Council, at which I accompanied the Taoiseach, to set a binding renewable energy target of 20% of total EU energy consumption, to be achieved by 2020. The Spring European Council was preceded by a meeting of EU Foreign Ministers at which energy and climate change were key topics of discussion. This is an ambitious and challenging policy. Ireland was a leading supporter of the Presidency and Commission in working for this binding target and will play a constructive part in pursuit of this vital objective.