Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 29 March 2018
301. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of the original 10,000 farmers who were deemed ineligible for 85% advance GLAS 2017 payments due to the requirement for an applicant to get maps redigitised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14688/18]
Amharc ar fhreagra302. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of GLAS applicants who were required to get maps redigitised to become eligible for payments in each of the years 2015 to 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14689/18]
Amharc ar fhreagra303. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of land parcels that had to be redigitised in each of the years 2015 to 2017 to become eligible for GLAS payments in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14690/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 301 to 303, inclusive, together.
The Land Parcel Identification System (LPIS) stores the land parcel details for all Department area based schemes. The information stored is used for BPS, ANC, GLAS, Organics and Forestry Schemes.
GLAS payments are made based on the land parcels that are claimed by the GLAS applicant in the annual BPS application. Parcels are re-digitised for a number of reasons including changes submitted by the Herd Owner on the annual BPS application, Department Ground and Remote Sensing inspections and reviews when new imagery is received. It is an EU requirement that all changes to land are recorded on the LPIS database and any ineligible land identified is recorded.
My Department does not hold the specific data requested. It should be noted that in the majority of cases where reconciliation of the data on the BPS application is required the issue is in relation to crop codes and not in relation to redigitisation of maps. These cases are identified in the validation process and my Department contacts the individuals affected to resolve the issue.
