Following communication with the Inheritance Enquiry Unit of my Department in September 2010 and the subsequent receipt of legal documents, payments arising from the Single Payment Scheme (for the years up to and including the 2010 scheme year) issued to the representatives of the father of the person named. Due to an insufficient stocking density no payment became due under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme.
While the person named has applied to transfer the herd-number into his own name, to date he has not provided sufficient legal evidence for such a transfer. On 2 September 2010, a letter issued to the solicitor administering the estate requesting Release of Interest letters from the brothers of the person named. To date no further communication has been received. As the person named is not the registered owner of a herd-number, he is not in a position to participate in any scheme administered by the Department.
No Single Payment application was submitted for the 2011 scheme year and consequently no payment is due to the estate of the father of the person named under either the Single Payment Scheme or the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme.