Anthony Lawlor (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

I thank the Minister for his response. There is a significant possibility that we will be over the quota this year and going towards 2015, and farmers are gearing themselves up to the removal of quotas in 2015. Could we get an all-European quota system, taking in the whole of Europe instead of an individual country? Will the Minister work with the Commission towards allowing Ireland in particular, as it is working to the targets of Food Harvest 2020, to build in a gradual and annual increase in quotas?

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