Brendan Griffin (Kerry South, Fine Gael)
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546. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person who has disposed of their milk quota will be allowed to re-enter dairy farming when milk quotas are abolished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2374/14]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy is aware my Department will no longer have any direct involvement in milk supply management after 31 March 2015 when the Milk Quota regime ends. At that point supply will be a matter between the producer and the purchaser and, subject to contractual arrangements with milk purchasers, dairy farmers will be unconstrained by the quota system.