Milk Quota.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 February 2008

Tuesday, 12 February 2008

Questions (332)

Sean Fleming

Question:

432 Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food further to Parliamentary Question No. 490 of 5 February 2008 if a person (details supplied) was eligible for the milk trading scheme 2007/08 second stage; and if so, the reason that person was not eligible for the first stage of this scheme despite having applied notwithstanding the person was ultimately eligible to sell their quota in the 2008/09 milk quota trading scheme. [5113/08]

Written answers

Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Deputy Mary Coughlan)

The named person did not submit an application to either Stage 1 or Stage 2 of the 2007/2008 Milk Quota Trading Scheme. Therefore, from the Department's perspective, the question of whether the named person was eligible to participate in the 2007/2008 Scheme was one that never arose. As outlined in my previous reply, the named person ultimately successfully sold his quota in the first stage of the 2008/2009 Scheme. Details concerning eligibility for the Trading Scheme are contained in the Explanatory Memorandum for the Scheme, which is available from Co-operatives or my Department.