Rural Life
Report: Farmers need to have 'faith' in Agriculture Appeals Review Panel
It it of the “utmost importance” that farmers are represented on the Agriculture Appeals Review Panel so that they can...
Agriculture Appeals Office
CAP / Schemes
New online system for Agriculture Appeals Office
The independent Agriculture Appeals Office has launched an online facility to allow farmers to submit appeals in a more accessible...
Agri-Business
More appeals submitted over BEAM & BPS than any other schemes in 2022
Farmers submitted more appeals over the Beef Exceptional Aid Measure (BEAM) and the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) last year than...
Agri-Business
Appeals: Average time to close cases in 2021 'twice the department target'
The average length of time it took to resolve a complaint to the Agriculture Appeals Office in 2021 was 185...
Agri-Business
Significant increase in agri-scheme appeals in 2020 and 2021
A significant increase was recorded in 2020 and 2021 in the number of agri-scheme appeals made by farmers dissatisfied with...
CAP / Schemes
Meal bin mix-up: Farmer appeal over TAMS payment issue upheld
A farmer successfully appealed a decision by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in relation to an exclusion...
CAP / Schemes
Farmer appeals ANC omission following box-ticking mishap
A farmer who initially received no 2019 Areas of Natural Constraints (ANC) Scheme payments due to a box-ticking mishap successfully...
CAP / Schemes
Farmer wins appeal in BEAM reference period cattle case
A farmer successfully appealed a decision by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in relation to the exclusion...
CAP / Schemes
Agricultural appeals: What was appealed...and what was disallowed?
The 2020 Annual Report of the Agricultural Appeals office noted that some 760 appeals were received last year – but...
CAP / Schemes
Agricultural appeals up 33% in 2020...with 51% disallowed
Appeals submitted by farmers to the Office of Agricultural Appeals were up by 33% last year – with approximately half...
Agri Politics
Efforts underway to establish Agri Appeals Review Panel with farmer reps
Efforts are underway to establish an Agricultural Appeals Review Panel, which will include farmer representation as part of the reform...
CAP / Schemes
Farmer avoids clawback of payments following appeal
A farmer avoided a clawback by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine of all Green Low-Carbon Agri-Environment Scheme (GLAS) monies...
CAP / Schemes
Farmer's appeal for force majeure on GLAS rejection partially allowed
A farmer who had a Green, Low-Carbon, Agri-Environment Scheme (GLAS) application rejected by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the...
CAP / Schemes
Farmer wins appeal over ANC payment omission
A farmer who did not receive Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (ANC) payments from the Department of Agriculture, Food and...
CAP / Schemes
Penalty for nitrates breach revised following farmer appeal
A penalty which had been imposed on a farmer for breaching nitrates regulations by allegedly exceeding the permitted limit of...
CAP / Schemes
Table: GLAS accounts for lion's share of 2019 agri scheme appeals
The Green, Low-Carbon, Agri-Environment Scheme (GLAS) accounted for the lion’s share of the agricultural appeals made last year, according to the...
CAP / Schemes
Farmer wins appeal over BDGP payment eligibility - agri appeals office
A farmer who appealed against a decision by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine regarding eligibility for payment...
CAP / Schemes
BDGP generates 'lion's share' of agri scheme appeals in 2017
The highest number of agricultural scheme appeal cases taken in 2017 were in relation to the Beef Data and Genomics Programme...