There was a total of 129,006 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) applications received by the deadline of 15 May. Meanwhile, the BEEP-S Scheme, which has a €35m fund presently allocated to it, received applications from 27,072 farmers.
There are over 600,000 cows calved in these herds, but a lower number may qualify for payment.
With the deadline now passed, attention has turned to any necessary amendments.
Amendments to 2020 BPS applications, including the addition of parcels or plots or amendments to claimed areas, may be carried out up to 31 May without incurring any penalties. Amendments must be made via the online system.
Late amendments with additional parcels or plots or amended claimed areas will be accepted up to and including 9 June 2020, but payment on the parcel(s) concerned will be reduced by 1% for each working day in this period that the amendment is late.
The terms and conditions of the scheme state that an applicant may withdraw land, reduce the claimed area of a parcel or change its use from eligible to ineligible (for example, the transfer of a house site) without incurring a penalty at any time after the 31 May 2020 deadline, provided the following aspects have been met:
The Department has not notified you about any issues concerning your 2020 BPS application.You have not been notified of an on-the-spot inspection. An on-the-spot inspection does not reveal any non-compliances for the parcel(s) concerned.You have not been either fully or partially paid under the BPS in respect of 2020. In addition, it is permitted to correct obvious or innocent errors at any time after the 31 May closing date for amendments.
The Department explains that each request to correct an obvious or innocent error will be considered on its individual merit.
It is also permitted to change the declared use of a crop provided the original crop was eligible for payment. The crop use cannot be altered from an ineligible to an eligible crop.
These amendments for both circumstances will not be authorised where the Department has:
Already informed you of irregularities in the application; or Given notice of its intention to carry out an on-the-spot inspection, or, Where an on-the-spot inspection reveals irregularities.
There was a total of 129,006 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) applications received by the deadline of 15 May. Meanwhile, the BEEP-S Scheme, which has a €35m fund presently allocated to it, received applications from 27,072 farmers.
There are over 600,000 cows calved in these herds, but a lower number may qualify for payment.
With the deadline now passed, attention has turned to any necessary amendments.
Amendments to 2020 BPS applications, including the addition of parcels or plots or amendments to claimed areas, may be carried out up to 31 May without incurring any penalties. Amendments must be made via the online system.
Late amendments with additional parcels or plots or amended claimed areas will be accepted up to and including 9 June 2020, but payment on the parcel(s) concerned will be reduced by 1% for each working day in this period that the amendment is late.
The terms and conditions of the scheme state that an applicant may withdraw land, reduce the claimed area of a parcel or change its use from eligible to ineligible (for example, the transfer of a house site) without incurring a penalty at any time after the 31 May 2020 deadline, provided the following aspects have been met:
The Department has not notified you about any issues concerning your 2020 BPS application.You have not been notified of an on-the-spot inspection. An on-the-spot inspection does not reveal any non-compliances for the parcel(s) concerned.You have not been either fully or partially paid under the BPS in respect of 2020. In addition, it is permitted to correct obvious or innocent errors at any time after the 31 May closing date for amendments.
The Department explains that each request to correct an obvious or innocent error will be considered on its individual merit.
It is also permitted to change the declared use of a crop provided the original crop was eligible for payment. The crop use cannot be altered from an ineligible to an eligible crop.
These amendments for both circumstances will not be authorised where the Department has:
Already informed you of irregularities in the application; or Given notice of its intention to carry out an on-the-spot inspection, or, Where an on-the-spot inspection reveals irregularities. 
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