Tuam plant construction and production timeline
Connaughton asks Walsh to help ensure the Sugar Company’s £2 million commitment is available for Tuam’s development; Walsh promises to take steps with the organisations involved. Walsh says the project should begin as soon as possible, with initial production hoped for in 1989, and Farrelly asks whether the sod has been turned.
With regard to my question, No. 8, would the Minister inform the House that he would see fit to contact the chief executive of the Sugar Company to ensure that the agreement negotiated at the time will be put in place and that the parties now negotiating a new deal for Tuam will be aware that that £2 million as negotiated is now available for development in Tuam?
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I can assure the Deputy that I will take every possible step to ensure that the construction of and the bringing into production of the Tuam plant will be taken by me in relation to the organisation concerned and the Sugar Company.
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Can the Minister give the House the timescale involved in the building of this factory and also the time when it is hoped it will come into production? Will the Minister give every assistance in connection with the long-standing problem that exists?
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On the timescale, some preparatory work has been carried out and, as Deputies Connaughton, Kitt and the other western Deputies will know, executives of the Goodman International organisation have been in Tuam in consultation with the planning authority down there. Consultation has taken place with the county council staff. I am informed that the project will commence as soon as possible, that it is hoped that initial production will take place in 1989. I can certainly assure Deputy Kitt and the other Deputies that I will contact the various organisations and bodies concerned with this project, so that it will get off the ground as quickly as possible.