The second person named held the herd number in the 2013 scheme year but did not submit a Single Payment Scheme application. The first person named has now taken over the farming enterprise and the herd number previously held by the second person named and the Single Payment Scheme entitlements were gifted to him under the 2014 scheme year. Neither of the persons named has an automatic allocation right to receive new Basic Payment scheme entitlements in 2015 as they were not entitled to receive a direct payment in 2013 under the Single Payment Scheme, the Grassland Sheep Scheme, the Burren Farming for Conservation Scheme or the Beef Data Programme.
On the basis of a Force Majeure application, the entitlements held by the second person named, which under normal circumstances would have reverted to the National Reserve were reinstated. The second person named should now submit a 2013 Single Payment Scheme application to the Single Payment Scheme Unit in Portlaoise with relevant supporting medical evidence. The Reference Number noted above should be quoted in such an application. This application will be considered and the person named informed of the outcome.
