Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 296: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if additional milk quota on hardship grounds will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5866/05]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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Allocations of milk quota from the milk quota national reserve are granted on the basis of recommendations from the milk quota appeals tribunal. The tribunal is a body established to consider and advise on applications for additional quota from individual producers who have suffered severe hardship in the context of the milk quota system.

The named person has submitted an application for additional quota on the grounds of hardship in the current 2004-05 milk quota year. The tribunal examined this application at a recent meeting and an allocation of additional quota was recommended. This allocation has now been approved and notification is being issued to the person and his cooperative.