Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 254: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if the milk quota appeals tribunal has allocated further quotas from the national reserve; if a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will receive a further allocation, taking into account their circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16254/05]

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 2004-05 quota year. The tribunal examined his application in January 2005 and recommended an allocation on that occasion. He appealed this decision, and his case was reviewed by the tribunal recently. On appeal, the tribunal recommended an additional allocation of quota and notification of this issued to the person and his co-op last week.