Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)
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95. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry received a small amount of milk quota; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7547/15]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The named person was an applicant under my Department's recent Animal Disease Scheme.

This Scheme involves the allocation of milk quota, from the National Reserve, to milk producers who have incurred milk quota difficulties as a direct result of animal movement restrictions caused by an animal disease outbreak.

Quota allocations are granted on the basis of recommendations made by an independent Milk Quota Appeals Tribunal. The tribunal make their recommendations on the basis of the information provided by the applicant, the timing and duration of the restriction, and the producer's historic quota management performance.

It was on this basis that the named person received the allocation granted.

Due to the high number of applications received under the Scheme and the limited volume of quota available for distribution, it is not possible to increase the volumes allocated.