Vol. 426 No. 7
40 Mr. Dukes asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry the proposals, if any, he has to establish a national reserve for the suckler cow quota or ewe premium quota for new entrants; if so, when, and the level at which this will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
67 Mr. Connor asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry if he will make a statement on the spare quota in the national suckler cow herd; the way in which this additional quota will be distributed; and whether any such distribution will be weighted in favour of small production.
133 Mr. Yates asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry if he will clarify the circumstances relating to the national reserve of ewe premium quota to be established by his Department; the criteria which will be used in allocating this quota; the total amount of reserve for 1993 and 1994; and the way in which applicants wishing to obtain extra quotas can obtain these.
I propose to take Question Nos. 40, 67 and 133 together.
A national reserve, which will initially amount to about 100,000 ewe premium rights is being established. Of this 35,000 is reserved for producers in the disadvantaged areas and its creation involves no deduction from producers. The balance will be created by deductions from flock owners as follows:
|
Size of Flock |
Deduction |
|
1 - 100 |
Nil |
|
101 - 200 |
1 per cent |
|
201 - 300 |
2 per cent |
|
301 - 500 |
3 per cent |
|
501 - 1,000 |
4 per cent |
|
1,000 - + |
5 per cent |
