Willie Penrose (Westmeath, Labour)
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Question 454: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the avenues available to a farmer (details supplied) in County Westmeath who applied under the milk quota trading scheme 2007 to 2008 via the market and exchange; the steps and avenues available to them as they have the number of cows required to fulfil the quota; if she will have this decision reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5983/07]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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Under the Market Exchange element of the Milk Quota Trading Scheme, a mechanism exists to exclude bids that are 40% and more above the initial equilibrium price. In this case, computer rounding of the prices resulted in the 40% cut-off being applied at 15 cent, the nearest whole cent price to the actual computed cut-off of 15.4 cent. This was a technical issue and my Department is making changes to the system for the second scheme to ensure that nobody is excluded from purchasing quota where the bid price is below the actual computed price. The person named may apply again to the second scheme, which has a closing date of 9 March.