Gerard Murphy (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Question 627: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if her Department will reconsider including this person under the animal disease flexi-milk allocations. [10426/05]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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Allocations of milk quota from the 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. It also examines applications from producers whose herds have been restricted by animal disease in the current milk quota year.

The person in question applied for additional quota on the grounds of animal disease in the current 2004-05 quota year. The tribunal examined the application in March but did not recommend making an allocation on that occasion. While every application to the tribunal is treated in a fair and sympathetic manner, it has not been possible, within the constraints of the limited amount of quota available and the sizeable number of applications received, to meet the demands for quota from all applicants. The person concerned has appealed the decision and the tribunal will review all such appeals in the coming weeks.