91 applicants allocated 15.1m litres of milk quota under final scheme

A total of 91 successful applicants have been allocated 15.1m litres of milk quota under the final New Entrants to Dairying Scheme before the abolition of milk quota in 2015.
91 applicants allocated 15.1m litres of milk quota under final scheme

Of this total, unveiled yesterday by Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney, 55 “brand new” entrants, who had not previously held quota, will each receive allocations of 200,000 litres, totalling 11m litres.

The remaining 36 successful applicants, who had previously purchased quota as either new entrants or as successors under the Milk Quota Trading Scheme, will receive allocations totalling a further 4.1m litres.

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