Any sugar/bioethanol production facility must be viable: Coveney

Any venture to develop a combined sugar/bioethanol production facility here would have to be a viable commercial proposition, Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney told the Dáil.

He was replying to Labour TD Jack Wall who asked him to detail the number of meetings he has had or his officials have had with interested groups in relation to the reconstruction of the beet industry.

Mr Wall also sought the results of any such meetings and if others are planned or if initiatives are being developed as a result. He also asked for the up-to-date position of the sugar quota within the EU.