The person named applied for 1997 suckler cows premium grants on 39 animals. At an onfarm inspection carried out on 15 October 1997 he presented what he claimed were 37 of the original animals applied on plus suitable replacements for two others. He claimed a retagged animal presented was one of the animals included on his application.
My Department is not satisfied that the two animals which had been replaced at date of inspection were, in fact, cows at the date of application as they were described as one and a half years old and females on a veterinary test on 6 March 1997 and there are no calves registered in the Bandon database showing the animals in question as dams. A veterinary test report indicates that the animal which was retagged and presented as an animal listed on the application was not one of those included on the original application. The person named was informed of the position by letter dated 13 November 1997 and that his application could not be processed further until these matters were resolved.