Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 284: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the transport issue in regard to the sugar industry is a priority for her, the actions taken by her in seeking to resolve the matter; the progress made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20401/05]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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At the Joint Committee on Agriculture and Food on 9 February 2005 I expressed the view that it is most important that satisfactory arrangements be put in place to transport to the Mallow factory beet grown by those farmers who had hitherto supplied the Carlow plant. Arrangements for the transport of sugar beet to the Mallow factory is a commercial matter for Irish Sugar Ltd. I remain confident that the company will be able to work out satisfactory transport arrangements to cope with the one factory situation in Mallow.