asked the Minister for Agriculture the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kerry cannot get a milk quota in view of the fact that his herd was wiped out with brucellosis in 1981 and he discontinued cattle farming on professional advice; and if he will make a statement on the matter, having regard to the fact that this person did not supply milk since 1981, when he joined the non-marketing of milk scheme in that year.
Written Answers. - Milk Quota.
134.
There are no special provisions in the Community regulations for producers who participated in the non-marketing schemes. Those producers whose non-marketing period expired before or during 1983 are entitled to a quota based on their actual 1983 deliveries if they had recommenced deliveries by that time. Those whose non-marketing period expired after 1983 are in the same position as a producer entering milk production for the first time and as such are dependent on a temporary quota allocation from any flexi-milk available in their co-operative/dairies.
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asked the Minister for Agriculture whether he can intervene in relation to the sales of land in 1983 to 1984 with which milk quotas were also transferred to the purchaser without at the time any reference being made about milk quotas in the contract of sale and where the vendor's consent had not been given; and if he would consider intervening in individual instances.
Under the Community super-levy regulations a person who purchases land which has a milk quota attached is entitled to that quota. In the light of that provision, it is not practicable to make any special arrangement in relation to land sales in 1983 and 1984 other than that set out in Article 12(2) of the European Communities (Milk Levy) Regulations, 1985 which, in the case of sales of land between 1 January 1983 and 1 April 1984, enable account to be taken of agreements between vendor and purchaser about the distribution of the quota.