October advances paid in only four member states

Ground or remote sensing inspections didn’t hold up payment of the first instalment of the 2016 Basic Payment Scheme payment to 3,447 farmers.

However, there have been delays for the rest of the 6,500 BPS applicants selected for the inspections.

Priority is being given to the processing of all outstanding inspections, and inspection cases continue to finalised to payment stage on a daily basis, said Agriculture Minister Michael Creed, responding to a Dáil question from Fianna Fáil TD for Tipperary, Jackie Cahill.