Brian O'Shea (Waterford, Labour)
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Question 332: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 163 of 4 October 2005, her proposals to have research carried out in regard to non-quota beet production in the matter of the use of sugar beet in the production of ethanol; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27764/05]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The latest call for proposals under my Department's research stimulus fund specifically includes research projects on biofuels, as well as projects relating to other non-food uses of crops. The outcome of this call is not yet available but the nature of the projects to be funded will depend on the proposals received.