Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 183: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food her plans for the expansion of agricultural production in the years to come; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38634/05]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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Agricultural output, at basic prices, reached its highest ever level in 2004 and there is a similar situation for food industry output in 2003, the latest years for which CSO statistics are available.

The future direction of the whole agri-food sector will be the subject of a new plan of action, which I will launch in early 2006. That plan will be informed by the detailed analysis of the sector provided in the agri-vision report 2015.