Mr O’ Connell said;
“Though we recently witnessed
Minister Coveney cave to EU demands to allow for the continuation of the
current sugar beet quota system until 2018, the time is still ripe to push New
Ross as the ideal location for the construction of a state of the art bio
refinery plant for the production of sugar and ethanol from sugar beet and
grain. A study carried out by former
beet farmers in the last few years named our district as one of the prime
locations for the resurrection of the south east’s sugar beet industry and it
seems to me that we have everything needed to make this a success within the
confines of New Ross.”
“Certainly we have the available
workforce. Unemployment has plagued
South Wexford since 2008. This plant
could create 5000 new jobs as well as providing an incredible economic boost
for the whole community. Sometimes
people forget what a profitable industry sugar beet is. It wasn’t dubbed white gold for nothing, and
it’s a well known fact that Greencore were making huge profits when they
decided to give up our last quota and close their beet processing plants nearly
ten years ago.”
“Feasibility studies carried out
indicate that a new processing plant would be profitable within the first
year. There are those who would say that
such a plant could not be built and that former sugar beet farmers have no
interest in seeing the industry return but Sinn Féin believes different. We have spoken to many of these ex beet
growers and people who were involved in the sector over the past year and the
general consensus is that this could only be beneficial for New Ross and the
whole south east.”
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