Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 January 2023
655. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will reinstate BPS payments to a person (details supplied) on the basis of an appeal which has been submitted to his Department. [2977/23]
View answerThe person named was deemed to be non-compliant with Section 11 of Terms and Conditions of the Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) which state:
"In order to avail of the full payment an applicant must declare at least enough eligible forage hectares under their Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) application each year to match their maximum payable area. (MPA)."
For the purposes of BDGP in this case, the MPA of the person named was calculated to be 176.66 hectares when he applied to participate in the programme in 2015. The forage area which he declared on his 2022 BPS application was 130.10 hectares which equates to 73.6% of his MPA.
As the person named did not declare enough forage land on his BPS application he cannot be considered for payment under BDGP for 2022.
A request for a review was received on 16th December 2022. This was considered and a reply issued to the person named on 20th December 2022 informing him that the original Department decision was unchanged. A request for a further review was received on the 18th January 2023. This is now being examined and a written reply will issue as soon as possible.
This person's BPS payment is not affected.
