Trevor Sargent
Ceist:141 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry the amount of money that has been paid out to dairy farmers on foot of the 4.5 per cent temporary suspension of milk quota each year for the past five years.
Vol. 432 No. 3
141 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry the amount of money that has been paid out to dairy farmers on foot of the 4.5 per cent temporary suspension of milk quota each year for the past five years.
The following table sets out the total amount of compensation paid to producers in respect of the milk quota suspended in each of the five years from 1987-88.
Years |
£ million |
1987/88 |
17.27 |
1988/89 |
24.16 |
1989/90 |
20.07 |
1990/91 |
17.30 |
1991/92 |
14.61 |