asked the Minister for Supplies if he will state (a) the normal annual requirements of sugar for the whole country; and (b) the estimated aggregate production of sugar from the present campaign, and also whether it is now his intention to increase the present ration of sugar.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Sugar Ration.
The country's normal annual pre-war requirements of sugar were 110,000 tons. The estimated aggregate production of sugar from the 1943-44 campaign is 94,000 tons. It would be premature at this stage to consider the question of increasing the existing ration of sugar.