Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick, Fine Gael)
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Question 80: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if it is possible for a person (details supplied) to obtain a quota; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10172/11]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Quota does not apply under the current suckler welfare scheme. This is a five-year scheme, fully funded by the Exchequer, which commenced in 2008, and it was open to all suckler farmers to apply to participate in the scheme at that time. If the person concerned has been an active suckler farmer before 2011, he or she cannot apply to join the scheme now.