Ned O'Keeffe
Ceist:117 Mr. N. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development if he will consider allocating a suckler cow quota to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [14527/01]
Written Answers. - Suckler Cow Quota.
The person named did not apply for an allocation of suckler cow quota from the 2000 or 2001 national reserves.
She did apply for an allocation of suckler cow quota from the 1999 national reserve but was unsuccessful. She applied under category C which was reserved for farmers who did not qualify under the priority categories A or B because they did not satisfy the age, income, educational qualifications or livestock unit criteria required under these categories. Applicants under category C would only receive allocations if any quota remained after allocations were made to eligible applicants under categories A or B.
Owing to the large number of applicants for reserve quota, 4,037, and the small amount of quota available for distribution, 4,017 premium rights, all of the available quota was allocated to eligible applicants in the priority categories. There was no quota available to allow an allocation to be made to the person named under category C.