The Beef Data Programme was introduced in 2013 and is funded using the unused funds of the Single Payment Scheme. The EU Regulations governing the Programme provided for a closing date of 15th May 2013, with a 1% reduction in payment applied to the application for each working day that the application is late up to 8 June 2013. Applications received on/after 9 June were deemed inadmissible in accordance with the provisions of the EU Regulations.
Farmers, whose applications were not submitted by the deadline, can appeal the decision, on the grounds of force majeure/exceptional circumstances. They can submit their appeal outlining the reasons as to why the application was not submitted within the required timeframe, to Beef Data Programme Section, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Government Offices, Old Abbeyleix Road, Portlaoise, Co. Laois
where their appeal will be considered.