Agri-Business
The Department of Agriculture is continuing the phased development and roll-out of its new Land Parcel Identification System (LPIS) in 2020.
Affected farmers are urged to check their land parcel and Maximum Eligible Area details following the rebuild of the national mapping system.
The Department of Agriculture is updating its mapping and imagery systems for EU-funded schemes such as BPS and CAP initiatives.
'While the Department constantly strives to update and improve all data that it uses, there is no new system for land digitisation in place.'
'There is room for further improvement to the Land Parcel Identification Systems used by Member States, a key control mechanism under the CAP.'
Environment
There is no discrimination in relation to the inspection of commonage and private land, Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney has said.
Some 10,918 appeals under the LPIS have been received by the Department of Agriculture to date, according to the Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney.
Uncertainty around eligible land is a serious issue for farmers in Ireland and what is eligible land needs to be clarified, a recent ICSA meeting heard.
Rural Life
For any action to be taken on land eligibility issues there must be evidence presented to Europe of such issues, according to Mairead McGuinness.
The fear of inspection is causing farmers to accept penalties on 'ineligible' land and not appeal the issues, ICSA General Secretary Eddie Punch has said.
