Deadline for applications extended

THE closing date for the receipt of applications under the single payment scheme and the disadvantaged areas scheme for 2006 has been extended to May 15. It was originally set for April 24.

Agriculture Minister Mary Coughlan said she was aware that meeting the original date was a problem for some farmers.

She was also conscious of demands the proposed closing date may have placed on farmers due to benefit from the incorporation of the decoupled sugar element of the single payment scheme.