Today, May 31, is the final day farmers have to make amendments to their Basic Payment Scheme application.
Some 130,700 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) applications have been received by the Department of Agriculture.
Over 100,000 of these applications were made through the online process while the remainder were received in the form of paper applications.
To make an amendment to your Basic Payment application, farmers must complete an amendment form which sets down full details of the circumstances under which amendments during this period will be accepted.
The form is available from the Basic Payment Unit, Local Offices of the Department, from Teagasc/Agricultural Consultants and on the Department’s website.
You may withdraw land, reduce the claimed area of a parcel or change use from eligible to ineligible (for example, the transfer of a house site), from your application without penalty, at any time after the May 31, 2016 closing date for Amendments provided;
- The Department has not notified you about any issues concerning your 2016 BPS
application; - You have not been notified of an on-the-spot inspection;
- You have not been either fully or partially paid under the BPS.
If you have been notified of an on-the-spot inspection or an inspection reveals an irregularity, an amendment cannot be accepted to that part of your application that is affected by the irregularity found. For more information on late amendments, see the Department’s website.