Tony Killeen (Clare, Fianna Fail)

Deputy Creed is right. The intention would be that these farmers who would be allocated quota under this scheme would increase their quota and have viable holdings in the near future. Around 60 new entrants came into the dairying sector in the past year who might, had the scheme been in place, have had an expectation that it might cover them. As happens with all incentive schemes, the intention would be to encourage new entrants who, in the absence of this scheme, might not have even considered getting into dairying or found themselves unable to do it. The impact of this scheme would enable them to become participants in dairying.

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