An application under the Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on the 16 May 2011. The 50% advance payment under the 2011 Single Payment Scheme is not due to issue until 16 October 2011. Payment under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme commenced on 22 September.
This application was selected for and was the subject of a Ground Eligibility Inspection. The inspection process is complete and the results are now being processed.
Under EU regulations governing the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme and the Single Payment Scheme, all Ground Eligibility Inspections must be completed before any payment can issue to any applicant under either scheme, including those not selected for a Ground Eligibility Inspection.
In the vast majority of cases that were inspected amendments have had to be made to the maps in order that the Land Parcel Identification System that is used for making payments to farmers is kept up-to-date. Processing of these changes is continuing with priority being given to applications that were the subject of a Ground Eligibility Inspection.