96 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason he restricted the excise duty exemption on bioethanol and biodiesel to 1 million litres each, in view of the fact that such fuels can be used in any vehicle once blended with conventional mineral oils and that the existing sugar beet industry here has the capacity to deliver 600,000 tonnes of sugar beet to produce such products; if he expects to achieve the targets set out in the 2003 biofuels directive that 5.75% of diesel and petrol sales in 2010 come from biofuels. [14554/05]

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96 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason he restricted the excise duty exemption on bioethanol and biodiesel to 1 million litres each, in view of the fact that such fuels can be used in any vehicle once blended with conventional mineral oils and that the existing sugar beet industry here has the capacity to deliver 600,000 tonnes of sugar beet to produce such products; if he expects to achieve the targets set out in the 2003 biofuels directive that 5.75% of diesel and petrol sales in 2010 come from biofuels. [14554/05]

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