An application under the Single Payment Scheme/Disadvantaged Areas Scheme was received from the person named on the 26th April 2011.
This application was selected for and was the subject of a Ground Eligibility/Cross Compliance Inspection.
During the course of the Cross Compliance inspection breaches were recorded in relation to the Identification and Registration of Cattle and the requirement to maintain lands in Good Agricultural and Environmental Condition. These breaches resulted in a 2% penalty being recorded against direct payments to be made to the person named in 2011.
The person named was informed of this decision and of his right to seek a review. He was also informed of his right to appeal the outcome of a review to the Independent Agriculture Appeals office. To date, no such review request has been submitted.
The inspection results have now been fully processed. Payment will issue within the next few days.
The person named was a participant in REPS 3 from 1st October 2004 until 30th September 2009. The REPS 3 contract of the person named has now been completed and payment for all five years of that contract has issued in full. The person named is not a participant in REPS 4.