Ned O'Keeffe
Ceist:104 Mr. N. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development the position regarding an application for a suckler quota by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [7275/01]
Written Answers. - Suckler Cow Quota.
The person named applied for an allocation of suckler cow quota from the year 2001 national reserve. He applied under category D which was reserved for farmers who did not qualify under the priority categories A, B or C because they did not satisfy the age, income, educational qualifications or livestock unit criteria required under those categories. Applicants under category D would only receive allocations if any quota remained after allo cations were made to eligible applicants under categories A, B or C.
Owing to the large number of applicants for reserve quota, 5,336, and the small amount of quota available for distribution, 6,359 premium rights, all the available quota was allocated to 1,058 eligible applicants in the priority categories. Not all eligible applicants under category C received quota. There was, therefore, no quota available to allow an allocation to be made to the person named or to any applicant under category D.