Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 28 October 2004
288 Mr. Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if a person (details supplied) in County Wexford made an application for farm family partnership for milk production while remaining in a REP scheme, would this be acceptable; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26587/04]
View answerApplications for the registration of new entrant and-or parent partnerships are not made to my Department but to Teagasc which is the registration body designated under the milk quota regulations. I am informed that no application has been made in the case of the person mentioned.
Being in REPS does not disqualify a producer from forming a new entrant and-or parent milk production partnership. However, to operate such a partnership, all the farming enterprises of the partners, other than certain specialist enterprises, must be pooled. The resultant change to the farming operations of the partners may have implications for compliance with the conditions of any existing REPS contract. The named person should, therefore, contact my Department for guidance on the precise implications for his participation in REPS of forming such a partnership.
