Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Question 575: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he proposes to announce the details of the scheme to facilitate new entrants into dairying; if the scheme will be so devised as to facilitate farmers who in anticipation of such a scheme have already purchased additional quota under the trading schemes but have not produced this milk to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22514/09]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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Following my announcement on 14th April that one quarter of the one per cent milk quota increase under the Health Check would be set aside for a scheme to attract new entrants into dairying, officials in my Department have been in consultation with the farming organisations and with ICOS on the most efficient and equitable means of achieving this. Work is nearing completion on the eligibility criteria for applicants and detailed rules for the scheme are being prepared. I hope to publish the details shortly.