Written answers

Wednesday, 18 September 2013

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Milk Quota Applications

Photo of Andrew DoyleAndrew Doyle (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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1226. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding new entrants to the dairying scheme for 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38572/13]

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Details of the fifth and final Scheme for the Allocation of Milk Quota to New Entrants to Dairying were announced in March of this year. The Scheme had a closing date of 7 June 2013. All applications received by that deadline were processed by officials in my Department to ensure compliance with the eligibility criteria as set out in the detailed rules of the scheme. Applications that satisfied the eligibility criteria were then presented to an independent panel for assessment.

I announced the summary results on 27 August last, and the individual results were issued to the respective applicants by post on the 28 August. In summary, 91 successful applicants were allocated 15.1 million litres of milk quota under the Scheme. Of this total, 55 "brand new" entrants, who had not previously held quota, will each receive allocations of 200,000 litres, totalling 11 million litres. The remaining 36 successful applicants, who had previously purchased quota as either new entrants or as successors under the Milk Quota Trading Scheme, will receive allocations totalling a further 4.1 million litres.

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