A farmer won an appeal against the Department of Agriculture over monies owed to him under the Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP).
The farmer submitted a BDGP application and was accepted into the scheme. The farmer wrote to the Department seeking to terminate their contract under force majeure because of a medical condition, according to the 2019 Agricultural Appeals Office annual report for 2019.
“The Department agreed to this request, removing the appellants from the BDGP scheme without penalty. The Department decision was that the farmer was not eligible for payment for the 2017 BDGP because the first round of payments was not issued to applicants until the middle of December 2017.
The terms and conditions BDGP state that in order to receive full payment, the applicant must successfully complete all of the programme requirements
“The farmer appealed the decision to the Agriculture Appeals Office on the grounds that they should be paid for 2017 because they had complied with all of the requirements in 2017 before the contract was terminated. The farmer had completed the surveys, genomic testing, carbon navigator and training as required under the programme.
“The terms and conditions BDGP state that in order to receive full payment, the applicant must successfully complete all of the programme requirements,” according to the report.
The appeals officer found that the farmer had complied with all of the requirements of the terms and conditions BDGP for 2017 so therefore was entitled to their full BDGP payments for 2017.
The farmer’s appeal was allowed.
Appeals
In 2019, 12 farmers made appeals in relation to the BDGP to the Agricultural Appeals Office. There was a decrease in appeals in 2019 on the year previous, when 39 appeals were submitted.
Some 570 agriculture appeals were received by the Agriculture Appeals Office in 2019 with the highest number of appeals in relation to the Green Low-Carbon Agri-Environment Scheme (GLAS).
The total number of appeals increased by 2.5% on 2018, according to the 2019 Agricultural Appeals Office report for 2019.
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A farmer won an appeal against the Department of Agriculture over monies owed to him under the Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP).
The farmer submitted a BDGP application and was accepted into the scheme. The farmer wrote to the Department seeking to terminate their contract under force majeure because of a medical condition, according to the 2019 Agricultural Appeals Office annual report for 2019.
“The Department agreed to this request, removing the appellants from the BDGP scheme without penalty. The Department decision was that the farmer was not eligible for payment for the 2017 BDGP because the first round of payments was not issued to applicants until the middle of December 2017.
The terms and conditions BDGP state that in order to receive full payment, the applicant must successfully complete all of the programme requirements
“The farmer appealed the decision to the Agriculture Appeals Office on the grounds that they should be paid for 2017 because they had complied with all of the requirements in 2017 before the contract was terminated. The farmer had completed the surveys, genomic testing, carbon navigator and training as required under the programme.
“The terms and conditions BDGP state that in order to receive full payment, the applicant must successfully complete all of the programme requirements,” according to the report.
The appeals officer found that the farmer had complied with all of the requirements of the terms and conditions BDGP for 2017 so therefore was entitled to their full BDGP payments for 2017.
The farmer’s appeal was allowed.
Appeals
In 2019, 12 farmers made appeals in relation to the BDGP to the Agricultural Appeals Office. There was a decrease in appeals in 2019 on the year previous, when 39 appeals were submitted.
Some 570 agriculture appeals were received by the Agriculture Appeals Office in 2019 with the highest number of appeals in relation to the Green Low-Carbon Agri-Environment Scheme (GLAS).
The total number of appeals increased by 2.5% on 2018, according to the 2019 Agricultural Appeals Office report for 2019.
Read more
GLAS sees the highest number of appeals by farmers in 2019
Increased CAP funding still ‘not acceptable’ – Taoiseach
Joint ministerial appeal for greater safety awareness on farms
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