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Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 24 Mar 1998

Vol. 488 No. 7

Written Answers. - Area Aid.

Mary Coughlan

Question:

183 Miss Coughlan asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the reason his Department has contacted farmers in County Donegal with regard to area aid matters; if all area aid maps have been digitised; if there will be delays in payments from his Department as a consequence of these contacts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7386/98]

The area aid unit of my Department has issued queries to some herdowners together with maps in order to completely process outstanding applications. As the responses are returned they are being processed and where appropriate, maps are being digitised. As this is the first year that the land parcel identification system, LPIS, is fully operational, all forage area declared by applicants must be validated by the LPIS prior to payments issuing.

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