Paul Bradford
Question:140 Mr. Bradford asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry if a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be awarded a suckler cow quota.
Written Answers. - Grant Payments.
The relevant EC Regulations provide for suckler cow premium quota to be based on the number of cows on which a producer was paid the premium under the 1992 suckler cow premium scheme. The person named has been approved for payment on 16 suckler cows under that scheme and has been granted a quota of 16 premium rights.
Theresa Ahearn
Question:141 Mrs. T. Ahearn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry if a sheep quota will be allocated to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
The relevant EC Regulations provide for ewe premium quotas to be based on the number of ewes on which a producer was paid the premium in 1991 provided that the producer also applied for the premium in 1992.
The person named is not entitled to a quota because he did not apply for premium in 1992.
He has submitted an application for reserve quota from the national reserve which has been established for allocation to certain categories of producers. A decision on whether or not he is eligible for an allocation of quota from the reserve will be made as soon as all applications received for reserve quota have been processed by my Department. This is expected to take a further three to four weeks.