Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)

Since their appointment to office, have the Minister or either of her two Ministers of State been in contact with the Carlow sugar beet management or with Greencore? I read in the newspapers that the IFA was aware of the forthcoming closure of the Carlow sugar beet factory but I find it unbelievable that the Minister for Agriculture and Food was not made aware of it. Coming from a farming background, I know the consequences of the closure for sugar beet growers are unprecedented. The seriousness of this will be realised further down the road.

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