Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 14 May 2015
104. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when milk quota related cash will be made available in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19128/15]
View answerI presume the Deputy is referring to a case where super levy is being withheld by the milk purchaser pending finalisation of the new instalment facility recently introduced by the Commission to assist milk producers who have a super levy liability. This new arrangements allows Member States to facilitate the payment by milk producers of this super levy liability in three annual instalments, without interest. The first instalment must be collected by the milk purchaser and paid to my Department by 1 October 2015 and the two subsequent payments must be paid by similar dates in 2016 and 2017.
Officials in my Department are currently putting procedures in place for the collection of the first instalment before end of September 2015; and the introduction of a Scheme to collect the remaining instalments in September 2016 and September 2017. I expect to be announcing the details of the scheme in the very near future.
