disadvantaged area payments

wiilow74

towzer2010 wrote: »

Hi CCM.

What number did you call?

Every time I call (1890200144) it just rings until an operator's recording kicks in telling me all agents are busy and to please leave your name and number. Then before you can leave your details another recording comes on saying goodbye and hangs up.

Yeah towser2010 that's all I'm getting either ,rang last week and was told all was grand but still nothing in the account

whelan1

rang 0578674400, holding on line now...

wiilow74

whelan1 wrote: »

rang 0578674400, holding on line now...

Is that portlaoise office ?

whelan1

yup got through, payment cleared on 20 september , will be in my account in 5 working days from then just ask for disadvantaged area when you get through

towzer2010

whelan1 wrote: »

rang 0578674400, holding on line now...

Thanks Whelan

I rang that number and I was told all was ok on that side and after a bit of transferring was put through to SPS where an archive error was discovered and is now fixed so payment next week hopefully.

In fairness when you do eventually get through they are very helpful.

wiilow74

whelan1 wrote: »

yup got through, payment cleared on 20 september , will be in my account in 5 working days from then just ask for disadvantaged area when you get through

Got through to one on the desk ,she said all lines busy did i want to hold ,so I did for 10 mins ,no answer! Rang back and all she said was " well what do you want me to do " ! :mad:

wiilow74

Got through finally & lady was helpful but last week told all was okay but now told stocking density not right amount for long enough so payment won't be cleared till October 16th and lady said their systems are a month behind on animal records :eek: so clearance won't show up on their computers till November !!!

whelan1

towzer2010 wrote: »

Thanks Whelan

I rang that number and I was told all was ok on that side and after a bit of transferring was put through to SPS where an archive error was discovered and is now fixed so payment next week hopefully.

In fairness when you do eventually get through they are very helpful.

so do i get commission

Atilathehun

Stop ringing them up, FFS! Ye are only distracting them from the important task, of sending the money.

By the way, someone said in an earlier post, that the dept is a MONTH behind in cattle records:eek:
If an inspector comes on your farm and finds month old calves unregistered / untagged, you are in trouble.
How the fcuk, is there one law for government employees, and a totally different set of rules for Joe and Mary citizen.

wiilow74

Atilathehun wrote: »

Stop ringing them up, FFS! Ye are only distracting them from the important task, of sending the money.

By the way, someone said in an earlier post, that the dept is a MONTH behind in cattle records:eek:
If an inspector comes on your farm and finds month old calves unregistered / untagged, you are in trouble.
How the fcuk, is there one law for government employees, and a totally different set of rules for Joe and Mary citizen.

That's what I was told , that it takes a month for the computer system to catch up with the records , the computer automatically sends the funds to your bank account not the ones answering the phones ! It's a case of one step forward and six steps back ,talk about progress

CCM

Hello towzer2010,

The number I rang was 1890 200 506, got it off the dept web site. Was on hold for a long time though

towzer2010

whelan1 wrote: »

so do i get commission

Well as an oul woman who lived near us years ago used to say if you did anything for her "I'll say a little prayer far ya"

CCM wrote: »

Hello towzer2010,

The number I rang was 1890 200 506, got it off the dept web site. Was on hold for a long time though

Thanks CCM. Managed to get hold of them in the end and hopefully all sorted.

CCM

whelan1 wrote: »

so you where not told that you where cleared for payment?

Couldn't really make sense of what I was told, Maps are as they were last year but a shed (an old pigstye) has to be digitised this year even though i understood all land parcels were done last year, not as if it'll even make a difference to the payment. Was told everything else was in order. :mad:

djmc

Are ye still waiting nothing in my account yet:(

whelan1

maybe tomorrow:)

sea12

I received nothing either. Had to make a change on the maps this year as have rented in a bit extra land. Knew this would happen!

ally k

same here rang up 2day they said waiting on maps to be digitised what the hell have they been at since they were submitted in may same thing happens here every single year:mad:

whelan1

not in this morning, i was told last week that i was cleared for payment on the 20th and it would take 5 working days , thought it would be in today:mad:

just do it

Not in.
I signed a declaration agreeing to the changes on maps following re-digitalisation a few weeks ago. I did that online the night the letter arrived. So I'm not surprised its not in.

Anyway its not me that is out of pocket, its the silage contractor. They may aswell send it to his account, as like Father Ted says, it will only be "resting in my account" until he cashes the cheque;).

whelan1

going to ring again today and see what the story is

whelan1

rang portlaois , they said the money had been sent to cavan on 23rd of september and should be in my account, which its not. Rang cavan and they said "should" be in my account by the end of the week:rolleyes:

agriking101

I was talking to a guy who wrote a cheque a week ago on the basis that the money was coming, I called him an ejit (or something like that)

just do it

whelan1 wrote: »

rang portlaois , they said the money had been sent to cavan on 23rd of september and should be in my account, which its not. Rang cavan and they said "should" be in my account by the end of the week:rolleyes:

Just rang that number you put up for Portlaoise and got the exact same response as above. The girl in Portlaoise was able to say it was sent to my account on 23rd Sept. Now that being a Friday I'd expect it to be in by the end of the week.

How much do the banks make by holding cash "to clear" for 4/5 days? It must be a small fortune!

whelan1

just do it wrote: »

Just rang that number you put up for Portlaoise and got the exact same response as above. The girl in Portlaoise was able to say it was sent to my account on 23rd Sept. Now that being a Friday I'd expect it to be in by the end of the week.

How much do the banks make by holding cash "to clear" for 4/5 days? It must be a small fortune!

well i am well peeved by it at the minute, will check first thing tomorrow and see...

reilig

Are the two of ye banking with the same bank?

There was a thread a few weeks ago which showed serious differences between times taken for a cheque to clear in different banks

whelan1

i am with ulster bank, BUT the money has been sent from portlaoise to the payments office in cavan , so the money is still with the dept of ag unfortunately

just do it

reilig wrote: »

Are the two of ye banking with the same bank?

There was a thread a few weeks ago which showed serious differences between times taken for a cheque to clear in different banks

Whealan1 - if you send me a cheque I'll be able to say if we're with the same bank:D:D

A hint as to my bank - same initials as Anglo Irish Bank;)

Mine is a bit late as the maps were re-digitalised and were cleared by the Single Payment section on the 19th. If I get it this week I'll be happy enough with that.

whelan1

just do it wrote: »

Whealan1 - if you send me a cheque I'll be able to say if we're with the same bank:D:D

A hint as to my bank - same initials as Anglo Irish Bank;)

Mine is a bit late as the maps were re-digitalised and were cleared by the Single Payment section on the 19th. If I get it this week I'll be happy enough with that.

i am the same have a few bills i wanted to pay by friday- really messes things up, will be going to mart on tuesday with cattle anyways , so will just have to struggle on til then

just do it

Still not in

whelan1

just do it wrote: »

Still not in

same here

bob charles

someone at some end must be telling porkies, I cant see either of our Disadvantage payments coming for a long while as there was a huge amount of digitation to be done on allot of the maps as I had a good few parcels that were never used for SFP before

Nutsforever

Did this use to be published on the departments website?

polod

still not in here either rang cavan and they said there are more payments going out today and tomorrow not to long to go now hopefully

5live

I got mine on the first day for the first time ever:)

Just out of curiosity were any of the late payments sent in on the website or are they mostly posted in?

whelan1

5live wrote: »

I got mine on the first day for the first time ever:)

Just out of curiosity were any of the late payments sent in on the website or are they mostly posted in?

i did it on line

Username John

Nutsforever wrote: »

Did this use to be published on the departments website?

You have made 4 posts.

All 4 posts refer to payments being published on the dept. website.

Reading your posts together - you seem especially keen to see what amount people (or someone) receives in payments, and if it does appear on the website, whether that means they have already been paid that money

Weird...

Anyways, re disadvantaged payments - *I think* its the same answer as you received previously - no longer available as it used to be.

whelan1

thank fook, its in my account , happy days

just do it

Same here. I can write a few cheques now. Easy come easy go

whelan1

hope we dont have the same crap with the sfp