Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 235: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding a pilot scheme for the allocation of milk quota to certain qualified farm managers; when this pilot scheme will start; if the criteria and conditions governing the allocation of quota have been finalised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4179/05]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The statutory basis for a pilot scheme for the allocation of milk quota to farm managers, which requires the formation of a special type of milk production partnership, was put in place in 2003 and refined in 2004, through amendments to the milk quota regulations. I expect discussions on the relevant criteria and conditions will conclude in time to allow for the introduction of a pilot scheme during the 2005-06 milk quota year.