Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 10 March 2021
1013. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a mechanism available to apply for a refund of a penalty that was applied to a person for over production under the milk quota regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12811/21]
View answerThe Milk Quota regime required a quota being fixed for each individual producer, milk purchaser and Member State. A levy was applied for those who exceeded their quota. In the final years of the quota regime, a levy for over-production was only applied to a producer in the event of their co-op and the Member State also being over quota.
Following the end of the Milk Quota regime in 2015, my Department introduced a Super Levy Instalment Scheme, which allowed applicants spread settlement of their outstanding super levy between 2015 and 2017. To facilitate this, an agreement document outlining the full amount due and the terms for repayment was drawn up by DAFM and signed by both the debtor and a creamery representative.
Correspondence from my Department in relation to debts or liabilities deemed owing generally contains information pertaining to a right of appeal, the terms and conditions attaching to any such appeal and the timeframe in which such an appeal may be made.
Given that the question is general in nature, it is not possible to give specific detail outlining whether a right of appeal was advised or if it is the 2014/2015 instalment agreement which is in question.
