Ned O'Keeffe (Cork East, Fianna Fail)
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Question 194: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the owner of milk quotas allocated to farmers who qualified under the reserve; and if these farmers have the right to retain the quotas indefinitely. [12587/06]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The allocation of milk quota from the national reserve to dairy producers is made subject to the provision that it is only available to recipients while they remain in milk production. In general, such quota cannot be sold with land or without land by the person to whom it was allocated. Where a producer who has received an allocation from the national reserve ceases milk production, that allocation is returned to the reserve. However, if a farmer transfers his own milk quota to a family member, any allocations from the national reserve are reallocated to that family member while that person remains in milk production.