Joe Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)

Táim beagnach críochnaithe. I am going to say what I have to say on this matter of the sugar industry.

We need a clear statement from the Government on this matter. The workers want to keep working and the growers want to keep growing. It is clear that the negotiating position adopted by the Minister in Brussels was at variance with that of the growers in north Cork. Is there a disparity between the growers' position and that of the IFA which is calling the shots here? Every grower to whom I spoke wants to keep growing the crop. The workers in Mallow have the right to know what the future holds for them. As the negotiating position taken by the Minister——

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