Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)

That reply is extremely disappointing but I do not want to make political hay out of this. I accept what the Minister is saying in so far as Greencore, as the commercial entity responsible for processing sugar, stated it would renounced its quota but there is a disconnect between that and the political decision taken at Council of Ministers level, to which Fianna Fáil was a party, to accept the restructuring package as it pertained to Ireland. Will the Minister acknowledge that post-2015 we could grow sugar beet again in Ireland, if not to supply the confectionery market, to ensure we can meet our obligations under the bio-fuels scheme?

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