Vol. 470 No. 5
27 Miss Harney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry the additional proposals, if any, he has to enable small and medium producers to plan their milk production on a longer-term basis notwithstanding measures to curb the private leasing of milk quota; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19431/96]
The Deputy is already aware of the arrangements which I have now put in place for the application of a 10 per cent clawback to quota transferred by way of private land leasing and sales. The objective, as I have already stated to the House, is to bias the operation of the quota system in favour of active milk producers by redirecting available quota to temporary leasing and restructuring schemes. Both these schemes give priority to the smaller and medium scale producers and therefore the new arrangements will be to the benefit of these categories.
