John Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)

When the sugar company and the farmers' organisations sort out the difficulties, I hope that beet will be grown in 2006 and 2007. Later we can consider the production of ethanol and other alternatives. We are also considering the area of willows. Next year we will introduce a pilot scheme to produce a certain number of hectares. That would also be an important rotation crop. We are also considering all the ideas the Deputy is proposing.

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