Over 3,000 TAMS tranche 9 approvals issued - DAFM
Almost half of the applications made under tranche 9 of the Targeted Agriculture Modernisation Schemes (TAMS 3) have been approved.
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Martin Heydon previously confirmed that ranking and selection is being applied to this round of the scheme.
The latest data from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) shows that 3,001 of 6,122 applications in this tranche have been given the green light.
218 applications have been rejected by department officials, while a further 126 have been withdrawn.
The scheme which provides grants to farmers to build and improve a specified range of farm buildings and equipment on their holdings.
The following table provides an update on the status of tranche 9 applications across the various TAMS schemes:
| TAMS 3 scheme | Applications | Rejected | Withdrawn | In progress | Approved |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Welfare Nutrient Storage Scheme | 1,745 | 43 | 43 | 594 | 921 |
| Dairy Equipment Scheme | 255 | 6 | 3 | 98 | 87 |
| Farm Safety Capital Investment Scheme | 1,671 | 87 | 30 | 472 | 1,082 |
| Low Emission Slurry Spreading | 250 | 0 | 5 | 69 | 108 |
| Organic Capital Investment Scheme | 430 | 9 | 14 | 99 | 277 |
| Pig & Poultry Investment Scheme | 17 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 |
| Solar Capital Investment Scheme | 899 | 22 | 7 | 450 | 62 |
| Tillage Capital Investment Scheme | 260 | 15 | 10 | 38 | 176 |
| Women Farmer Capital Investment Scheme | 267 | 19 | 6 | 93 | 116 |
| Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme | 328 | 17 | 8 | 116 | 164 |
| Total | 6,122 | 218 | 126 | 2,036 | 3,001 |
The latest data also shows that 4,731 out of the 5,364 applications submitted under tranche 8 have been approved.
15 applications are still to be processed under tranche 7, with 1,881 approvals out of the 2,181 applications made in this round.
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Meanwhile, a senior DAFM official has said there "isn't any capacity" in the current TAMS budget to get back to 100% approval for applications.
Paul Savage, assistant secretary general in DAFM recently told the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture and Food, that the department has to "stick within the budgetary guidelines that are set out for us".
Savage described as TAMS as a "hugely successful scheme" which this year has an allocated budget of €88 million.
The committee heard 59,302 applications were received across the first ten tranches of TAMS 3, compared to 19,347 applications received over the equivalent period under TAMS 2 - a three-fold increase.
