The person concerned was paid £360.60 representing 80 per cent advance under the 1996 special beef premium scheme on 24 March 1997. He was paid his 1996 cattle headage entitlement of £1,463.40 on 23 January 1997. He was paid his 1996 ewe premium entitlement of £897.03 in three instalments.
The person concerned will be entitled to a payment of £1,262.07 under the 1996 EU suckler cow scheme and a balancing payment of £90.17 under the 1996 EU special beef premium scheme. These payments are dependent upon validation of all the data supplied on the 1996 area aid application form against the maps supplied to the applicant. This is a requirement under the land parcel identification system the purpose of which is to provide the Department with a data base whereby land parcels being claimed for area aid purposes can be located, identified and have area values and land use attributed. Furthermore, the system ensures that parcels of land are not over-claimed by farmers or that the same parcel is not claimed by more than one farmer in any given year. Certain problems arose in identifying all of the land parcels being claimed by the person concerned against those parcels outlined on the maps supplied to that person. The person concerned was written to on 12 December 1996 with a view to resolving the problem. No reply has been received to date. As soon as a reply is received his case will be processed for payment of the outstanding amounts.