Seymour Crawford
Ceist:66 Mr. Crawford asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry if he intends to provide any financial aid to help young farmers buy milk quota under the proposed new restructuring scheme to begin on 1 April, 1993.
Written Answers. - Milk Restructuring Scheme.
Ivan Yates
Ceist:188 Mr. Yates asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry the level of EC or Government resources which will be invested in the proposed milk restructuring scheme; and when it will be operative.
Ivan Yates
Ceist:203 Mr. Yates asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry if he will give details of the proposed milk restructuring scheme which will be introduced in 1993; the priority which will be given to smaller farmers in the reallocation of milk quotas; and the financial arrangements and inducements which will be involved in this scheme.
I propose to take Questions Nos. 66, 188 and 203 together.
I am pleased to announce that there will be a quota restructuring scheme in operation at the end of the current milk year. I have not yet finalised the detailed rules of the scheme, as the issue of a Community subsidy towards the purchase of quota remains undecided.
I have been pressing very strongly within the Council for such a subsidy and will maintain pressure on this issue in the Council during the coming weeks.
I can at this stage, however, confirm that it is my intention to continue to give priority to deserving categories of producers, including smaller scale producers and new entrants as I have done in the past under the various quota schemes.