Brian Cowen
Ceist:109 Mr. Cowen asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry when the promised review of the sheep regime will commence. [19587/96]
Written Answers. - Sheepmeat Quota.
The EU Commission is obliged to provide a report on the operation of the sheepmeat quota regime to the Council of Agriculture Ministers in 1996. I have proposed to the Commission that preparation of the report should be availed of to examine the wider aspects of the sheepmeat regime. The report, which is now available, is confined to the issue of the operation of the quota regime.
The discussion on this quota report will however present an opportunity to request a wider review of the sheepmeat regime.