Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 21 Feb 1991

Vol. 405 No. 5

Written Answers. - Allocation of Milk Quotas.

Michael Finucane

Question:

30 Mr. Finucane asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food when the milk quota appeals tribunal will decide on the allocation of extra quotas to hardship cases; the number of applications received; the number who have been considered eligible; and the total milk pool to be allocated.

Minister for Agriculture and Food (Mr. O'Kennedy)

The milk quota appeals tribunal, appointed by me to carry out the task of allocating the one million gallon reserve which I set aside for special hardship cases, received some 5,000 applications for additional quota. The number of applicants who have been allocated additional quota is 1,480.