Trevor Sargent
Question:108 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment if he will accede to the Green Party, Comhaontas Glas, call for an oral hearing on the proposed field trials of genetically modified sugar beet in spring 1997 in counties Carlow, Kilkenny and Cork in view of the public concern over the proposed introduction of genetically modified foods to Ireland and Irish agriculture. [6708/97]