Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 24 Oct 2000

Vol. 524 No. 5

Written Answers. - Milk Quota.

Michael Creed

Question:

227 Mr. Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development the amount of milk quota leased in 1998-99 by farmers with quota of (i) 35,000 gallons or less, (ii) 35 - 55,000 gallons and (iii) 55,000 gallons or over; and the amount of milk offered for purchase to each of these categories of farmer under the new milk quota regulations. [23009/00]

Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development (Mr. Walsh):

The amount of milk allocated to farmers in question from the 1999-2000 temporary leasing scheme was as follows:

Category I – producers with quotas of less than 35,000 gallons	35.1 million gallons
Category II – producers with quotas from 35,000 to 55,000 gallons	22.8 million gallons
Category III – producers with quotas of more than 55,000 gallons	5.2 million gallons
Total	63.1 million gallons.

The estimated quantities of milk quota allocated under the 2000 restructuring scheme are as follows:

	Million gallons
Category I producers	33.8
Category II producers	21.9
Category III producers	6.8
Total	62.5