Department urged to process SFP efficiently

Eddie Downey, IFA.

With the on-line Single Farm Payment application set to open by mid-February, IFA Deputy President Eddie Downey met senior officials in the Department of Agriculture in Portlaoise and highlighted the need for earlier applications, speedier problem solving, processing and payments under the 2012 scheme.

Eddie Downey said the Department of Agriculture has given IFA a commitment that on-line applications will be processed earlier and any problems will be dealt with well before the payment deadlines including earlier digitisation of any land parcels, where necessary.

Full story in this week's Anglo-Celt.