Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)
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972. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a milk quota in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47028/13]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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On 30 August 2013 I announced details of the fifteenth Milk Quota Trading Scheme which is the first of two Trading Schemes to allocate quota in respect of the 2014/2015 milk quota year. The closing date for receipt of applications to this stage was 11 October last. I can confirm that my Department has received an application to purchase quota from the person named.

All applications are currently being processed and I expect to be in a position to announce the results of the scheme in early December. As I mentioned earlier, this scheme is in respect of the 2014/2015 milk quota year, and consequently any quota purchased under this scheme will not be available to the purchaser until 1 April 2014.