Quota move boosts Irish Beet’s plans to revive Irish sugar industry

Beet Ireland’s plans to revive the Irish sugar industry have been boosted by the recent EU Council of Ministers’ agreement to abolish quota restrictions by 2017.

While this abolition date must yet be ratified by the EU Commission and the European Parliament, Beet Ireland has been quick to praise Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney’s achievement in getting other EU agri ministers to shift towards Ireland’s position.

“I think the general view is that the council of ministers and the commission are very close in their views on this,” said Beet Ireland director Jim O’Regan.