Dan Neville
Question:231 Mr. Neville asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the outcome of an appeal against refusal of milk quota to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [1445/03]
Written Answers. - Milk Quota.
The allocation of milk quota from the national reserve is granted on the basis of recommendations from the milk quota appeals tribunal. The tribunal is the body established to consider and advise on applications for additional quota from individual producers who have suffered severe hardship in the context of the milk quota system.
The person named submitted an application for additional quota on the grounds of hardship and his application was was examined by the tribunal in November 2002. Unfortunately the tribunal was unable to recommend an allocation in this case. While every application is treated in a fair and sympathetic manner, the amount of quota available for allocation is limited in the context of the large numbers of applications that are submitted and therefore the tribunal is not always in a position to recommend the allocation of quota to an applicant.
My Department has not received an appeal against this decision.