asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of potato growers who have been registered with his Department as potato growers under the Registration of Potato Growers and Packers Act, 1984 for the year 1987.

Six hundred and sixty-six growers/packers and 411 growers have registered since the Act came into operation on 7 October, 1985 of which 55 grower/packers and 25 growers were registered in 1987.