Census ??

orm0nd

Thought today was sheep census, any body get the forms ?

sea12

orm0nd wrote: »

Thought today was sheep census, any body get the forms ?

Yep got them during the week

Green farmer

Got the forms alright . I think we've a few months to fill them in, do them online here.

barnaman

Did n't get them this year or last! should I contact the Dept? Active Flock so not sure why did n't.

premier10

Only got the form friday, have until 29th Jan to return, if your on ag food, you can file it online. Might come in post yet, I'd give it couple of days.

ganmo

No sign of them here either

rangler1

Green farmer wrote: »

Got the forms alright . I think we've a few months to fill them in, do them online here.

I know a few that did it online last year, myself included, and it didn't register and we all got a cross compliance inspection

barnaman

Mine is showing on Agfood but after what Rangler said might wait for paper version.

rangler1

barnaman wrote: »

Mine is showing on Agfood but after what Rangler said might wait for paper version.

They're insisting on registered post if you use snail mail this year. Brian Nicholson in Kilkenny got a cross compliance as well because his online census didn't go last year........progressive civil service...not

ganmo

ganmo wrote: »

No sign of them here either

landed today...but they only have dads name on it, hardly right in a joint herd no situation

Green farmer

The other frustrating thing about it is after you submit it online, you don't get a email confirming receipt. A simple thing, that would avoid any confusion .

razor8

Did mine online last year and they send it out again in summer time requesting I submit it and more or less insinuating I hadn't sent it in the first place. posted it back and had a land eligibility check this in October, not as bad as cross compliance but maybe a result of their mistake

farawaygrass

Did ye see in the census form it says, in bold I think, make sure you press save at the bottom after filling out census. I wonder would that have been the problem?

ganmo

farawaygrass wrote: »

Did ye see in the census form it says, in bold I think, make sure you press save at the bottom after filling out census. I wonder would that have been the problem?

na it was a computer glitch...that or someone deleted the file by mistake

Username John

ganmo wrote: »

na it was a computer glitch...that or someone deleted the file by mistake

Yeah - cos I think it was there for a while after - you could go and view what you entered, then, you couldn't view it, and then problems started...

So it looks like someone screwed up, and data was lost... (from what I remember)

arctictree

Got mine yesterday. I notice that I hadn't filled in my flock register from last year. Have to remember now how many sheep I had last December!

Username John

arctictree wrote: »

Got mine yesterday. I notice that I hadn't filled in my flock register from last year. Have to remember now how many sheep I had last December!

Why do you need to know what you had last census, for filling out this census?

farawaygrass

ganmo wrote: »

na it was a computer glitch...that or someone deleted the file by mistake

I submitted mine online this evening, and I'm half tempted to still send off the paper census in the post.

arctictree

Just forgot to fill in my own flock register last year.

Bleating Lamb

No sign of annual census form to arrive here yet.

Have people got theirs?

gazahayes

Bleating Lamb wrote: »

No sign of annual census form to arrive here yet.

Have people got theirs?

Got mine last week filled it in online last night.

eorna

Not here yet... Thought b here by now

Western Pomise

No sign of census form here yet either....presume it will be well into first week of 2016 now before it could arrive:(.....what's the definite deadline date for posting it back?

tom_k

Western Pomise wrote: »

No sign of census form here yet either....presume it will be well into first week of 2016 now before it could arrive:(.....what's the definite deadline date for posting it back?

Deadline for receipt of completed returns is 29th January 2016. The query line for Sheep census is 076 1064426. Probably won't be manned til the new year now but maybe give them a call if it hasn't arrived by 4th Jan or so if you're not filling it out online.

Green farmer

This year when I do it online, I'll be taking a photo of the screen with the finished application and ringing the department a few days later just to confirm they can see it on their system as well. After the hastle rangler and the lads had , doesn't inspire confidence.

ganmo

Green farmer wrote: »

This year when I do it online, I'll be taking a photo of the screen with the finished application and ringing the department a few days later just to confirm they can see it on their system as well. After the hastle rangler and the lads had , doesn't inspire confidence.

Id say there's plenty of ppl going back to the paper this year.

Western Pomise

Must ring that query line...still no census form landed here.....would rather fill it in in paper form to avoid possible difficulties as arose last ye with online replies.

Any other boards users not got the form yet in the post???

barnaman

Mine came today. Gas lot in the Dept with their sending out stuff.

Bleating Lamb

Just to give anyone who has not got their census form posted out to them a warning.

Rang Dept regarding non appearance of mine this am....nice lady on phone,knew well by her tone of voice on phone changing when she looked up my herd details on computer that the 'computer supposedly' had it posted out yonks ago.She said several people have rang in with same query and was v apologetic.....Moral of story don't trust the computer...I'M def posting mine back in and not doing it online!