asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if an urgent and confidential letter was sent to his Department last November by Lieutenant General M. J. Costello, General Manager of the Irish Sugar Company, concerning sugar problems, which stated that it would at the same time be essential for the Government to make it unmistakably clear that it will not permit the export of any sugar unless the replacement cost is paid for it and that it will in no circumstances permit the export of goods containing sugar unless the maker of the goods has contracted in the normal way for the supply of the required sugar; and what action, if any, was taken by his Department in relation to the matter.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Export of Sugar.
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A copy of the letter referred to by the Deputy was received in my Department. As regards the second part of the question, I would refer the Deputy to the reply which the Minister for Agriculture has given today to Question No. 20.