Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 29 March 2022
891. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a 2021 beef data and genomics programme payment will issue to a farmer (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16405/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) was extended for a rollover period of one year in 2021 and further extended again in November 2021 for a further one year in 2022. The 2021 extension was only open to those BDGP participants who had already met all the requirements for the full six-year duration of BDGP 2015-2020, of which the person named had.
In December 2020, a letter issued to the person named informing them that they were eligible to apply for the 2021 BDGP transitional scheme if they wished. The letter set out the ways in which to apply, either online or by SMS text. The person named did not submit an application for the BDGP 2021 transitional scheme, therefore payment cannot issue under the BDGP 2021 transitional scheme.
A request for a review of this decision was recently received from the person named. This review is being considered and the outcome of that review will be communicated in writing to the person named shortly.
