Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 472: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the acreage under sugar beet in 2005; the projections for 2006; the extent to which this is likely to become affected by EU sugar proposals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34582/05]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The provisional estimate for sugar beet plantings in 2005 is approximately 31,000 hectares, which is sufficient to fill the Irish sugar quota. Pending the outcome of the discussions on the sugar reform proposals, it is not possible to make predictions about the impact on future sugar beet plantings.