The area aid application of the person named has not yet been cleared to allow payment of headage and cattle premia to him. Every effort is being made to clear all area aid applications, other than a small minority of very intractable cases, by the end of this month so that payment can be made in this and other similar cases during the next four to five weeks.
If the area aid application of the person named is found to be in order, he should be paid both cattle and sheep headage within this period and the advance of his suckler cow premium. The person named was paid the first instalment of his 1997 ewe premium on 8 July 1997.