Gerard Murphy
Ceist:93 Mr. Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if an application for extra milk quota for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry can be dealt with. [25960/03]
Written Answers. - Milk Quota.
Allocations of milk quota from the national reserve are granted on the basis of recommendations from the Milk Quota Appeals Tribunal. The tribunal is a body established to consider and advise on applications for additional quota from individual producers who have suffered severe hardship in the context of the milk quota system.
The person named submitted an application for additional quota on the grounds of hardship in the 2002-03 milk quota year. However, there was insufficient quota available in the 2002-03 milk quota year to enable the tribunal to deal with all applications received and some, including that from the named individual were held over for consideration in the 2003-04 quota year. A letter issued to him outlining this position. The tribunal resumed its work recently and will be dealing with the hardship cases referred to above over the next number of weeks. When the application of the person named has been considered he will be notified of the outcome accordingly.