Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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324. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an anomaly in the agriculture mapping system (details supplied) whereby maps submitted to the system do not always correlate when inputted electronically will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18592/18]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The same mapping system is used for both BPS and GLAS to ensure compatibility.

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.

It is an EU requirement that all changes to land are recorded on the LPIS database and any ineligible land identified is recorded. As changes are recorded on the LPIS database, this may have a knock-on effect for any area-based schemes.