Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 March 2004
120 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if an additional milk quota will be made available due to hardship to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8555/04]
Amharc ar fhreagraAllocations 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 last applied to the tribunal in the 2002/2003 milk quota year, but there is no record of him having applied in the current 2003/2004 quota year. While the deadline for application in respect of the current quota year has passed, an application may be made for the 2004/2005 quota year when the application forms become available in the autumn.
