Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 13 May 2020
922. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a back payment will be issued to a person (details supplied) in view of the fact they made an error in their online application for the 2019 basic payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4773/20]
View answerAn application for the 2017 ANC scheme year was received from the person named when they ticked the box to indicate they wished to apply for the scheme when submitting their online BPS application on 3rd May 2017.
However, no application for the ANC scheme has been received from the person named in respect of the 2018 and 2019 ANC scheme years. When submitting their 2018 online BPS application on 14th March 2018, the named individual did not tick the box to apply for the ANC scheme. As a 2017 ANC applicant, a system generated message was provided to applicants which indicated that if they wished to apply for the ANC scheme in 2018, then they needed to tick the box. If applicant did not do so, they were then required to confirm that they did not wish to continue in the ANC scheme by clicking "Ok" before continuing with their BPS application.
Furthermore, an application for the 2019 BPS scheme was received from the person named on 28th May 2019. The named individual again did not click the box to apply for the ANC scheme in 2019.
An appeal in relation to the non-application for the ANC scheme for both 2018 and 2019 was submitted by the named individual to the Department on 2nd December 2019. Following a review of the information provided, the appeal was rejected by the Department and a letter issued to the named individual advising them of this.
The named individual may make a further appeal to the Agricultural Appeals Office. The Agricultural Appeals Office is an independent office established to provide an appeals service to farmers who are dissatisfied with decisions of the Department. This must be done within three months of the date of the letter issued by the Department to advise the named individual that their initial appeal to the Department was unsuccessful.
