Vol. 517 No. 6
181 Mr. Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development the position regarding an application for quota by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10784/00]
The person named applied for an allocation of suckler cow quota from the year 2000 national reserve under category C. This category was reserved for farmers who, inter alia, had a stocking level of at least ten livestock units and not more than 20 livestock units.
As the person named had 9.8 livestock units he did not qualify under this category. He was then considered under category D which was reserved for farmers who did not qualify under the priority categories A, B or C. Under this category, eligible farmers with no livestock units were allocated quota first, then those with one livestock unit and so on. All the available quota was distributed under category D to eligible farmers with eight livestock units or less.
As the person named had 9.8 livestock units, there was insufficient quota available to enable an allocation to be made to him under this category.
