Pat Deering (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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69. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny did not receive an allocation from the milk quota national reserve. [16862/15]

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 whose supplies have exceeded their quota as a direct result of animal movement restrictions caused by a TB/Brucellosis outbreak.

The closing date for receipt of applications to this scheme was 5 December 2014, except in cases where herds became restricted after that date. In such instances the relevant farmers were required to submit their application within one month of the date of restriction.

I am informed that the named person’s herd was restricted on 31 January 2015 however his application was not received in my Department until 27th March 2015, almost 2 months after the restriction was placed. Consequently his application was not presented to the Tribunal for assessment and the named person was informed accordingly.