Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 7 April 2022
435. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an appeal relative to the Beef Genomics Programme payments in the case of a person (details supplied) will be expedited and issued. [18989/22]
View answerThe Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine wrote to the person named on 2nd July 2021 informing them that he was non-compliant with the Genotyping element of the Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) for 2019 and 2020. Their agent wrote to the Department on 6th September 2021 outlining the reasons why the farmer could not meet the commitments entered into by him under BDGP. This information has now been considered, taking account of all the circumstances outlined. The person named will be informed of the outcome of the review shortly.
