Michael Creed
Question:306 Mr. Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry the amount of suckler cow quota a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be entitled to should he cease milk production.
Written Answers. - Suckler Cow Quota Entitlement.
The relevant EC Regulations provide for suckler cow premium quotas to be based on the number of suckler cows on which a producer was paid suckler cow premium under the 1992 suckler cow premium scheme.
The person named meets this condition and will be granted a quota of two premium rights based on the number of suckler cows on which he was paid premium under the 1992 Suckler Cow Premium Scheme.
The EC Regulations also provide for the establishment of both a national reserve equal to between 1 per cent and 3 per cent of the sum of the individual quotas allocated to producers and a special reserve equal to 1 per cent of the total of the individual quotas allocated to producers in the Disadvantaged Areas. My Department has not yet established the criteria for allocating quotas from these reserves. When these criteria are announced the person named can then submit a formal application supported by appropriate documentary evidence.