§ Ms. FIELDTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether, in view of the fact that it has been proved that the saccharine contents of sugar beets grown in the United Kingdom, but more especially in Ireland, considerably exceed the average of those grown in Germany, Austria, Russia, France, Belgium, and Holland, and that the yield of home-grown roots is higher than those grown on the Continent, and of the suitability of soil and climate, steps will be taken to establish a beet sugar factory in Ireland.
(Answered by Mr. Walter Long.) Although good yields of high quality sugar beet have been at times obtained in Ireland, the Department are satisfied that, for the reasons given in answer to the previous Questions on this subject, beet would not prove so remunerative as other root crops now grown, and they are therefore not prepared to take steps with a view to establish a beet sugar factory in Ireland.