FwNT Scheme Checks and Inspections

1. That your farm business does not hold a live EFS agreement at the point of application.
2. The eligibility of land associated with your farm business, as well as the eligibility of any further land you may add.
3. That you have provided us with valid bank account details for the purposes of making a payment to your business; and
4. That we have not been informed of a reason why a payment cannot be made to your business.

This is not an exhaustive list of the checks we will undertake.

Inspections

We may undertake inspections on your farm business for the purposes of determining your eligibility for a payment under the FwNT scheme.  The information we gather because of any inspection we carry out on your business may affect your eligibility for, and/or the amount of, your payment.

If you do not cooperate with any DAERA official (or their authorised persons) visiting your business or contacting you to carry out any checks required in connection with your application, then no payment will be made.

When carrying out work on your selected actions you should retain relevant records, receipts, invoices and proof of payment relevant to your application. These documents will be required if you are selected for inspection.

Scheme participants are required to retain invoices, for example, for seed purchased.  Invoices dated prior to the date of acceptance into the scheme would render the action ineligible for payment.

Specification must be met at date of inspection, if not then no payment will be made.