The person named has applied for an allocation of suckler cow quota from the 1998 national reserve.
I have accepted the recommendations of the quota review group which gave priority for the allocation of quota from this reserve to eligible applicants with low livestock units. Livestock units are calculated with reference to applications under the suckler cow premium scheme, ewe premium scheme and special beef premium scheme and from any milk quota held by the applicant. All the available quota has been utilised by eligible applicants with less than 5.8 livestock units.
As the person named already has 27 livestock units, suckler cow quota of 17 and special beef premium of ten livestock units, he is not eligible to receive an allocation of quota from this reserve.
The quota section of my Department has no record of having received medical evidence from the person named but in any event this would not be relevant to his eligibility for an allocation of quota from this reserve.