An application under the Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the persons named on the 16th May 2011. This application was selected for, and was the subject of a Ground Eligibility Inspection. The inspection was completed and the results have been processed and entered on the Department's system.
There are a number of issues arising from this application, which need to be clarified and resolved. My Department will continue to correspond with the parties involved with a view to seeking a satisfactory conclusion to the matter.
In addition, the registration details of Single Payment entitlements must correspond to the registration details of the herd-number. The herd-number was previously held by the first person named but was subsequently transferred into the joint names of both persons named as of 26 May 2010. As the Single Payment entitlements are currently held in the account of the first person named, my Department wrote to both persons named on 24 March 2011 advising of the need to transfer the Single Payment entitlements to the account of both persons named. A 2011 Transfer of Entitlements application was enclosed. However, my Department has not received any application for the transfer of the entitlements to date.