Written answers

Wednesday, 24 June 2009

Department of Agriculture and Food

Milk Quota

9:00 pm

Photo of Dan NevilleDan Neville (Limerick West, Fine Gael)
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Question 176: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [25413/09]

Photo of Brendan SmithBrendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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My objective in relation to milk quota is to ensure that as much quota as possible is made available to active milk producers. The person concerned last produced milk in excess of 20% of his quota in the 2005/2006 milk quota year. He produced only a nominal amount of milk in 2007/2008 and had no production in 2008/2009. When no deliveries have been recorded against a milk quota for two consecutive years the quota is deemed dormant and it is generally added to the National Reserve.

On this basis the quota in question will become dormant on 1st April 2010. However, where quota is added to the National Reserve it remains available to the former quota holder, or his successor, if they resume production within two years. The person in this case can at any time transfer his quota with land to his son. Other options available to him if he wishes to avoid his quota becoming dormant are: resume milk production; transfer the milk quota without land to a family member who is currently in milk production; sell it with land on the open market; retain it and sell into the next Milk Quota Trading Scheme.

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