Schemes
Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon confirmed ranking and selection will be applied to applications submitted under tranche 11 of TAMS 3.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) paid out €1.5 million to farmers under TAMS 3 last week.
3,350 application made under tranche 10 of the Targeted Agriculture Modernisation Schemes (TAMS 3) have now been approved.
Environment
Following the rejection of "hundreds" of farmers' applications for solar PV grants under TAMS, an alternative option is being called for.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) paid out €1.68 million to farmers under the TAMS 3 schemes this week.
"There are more disappointed farmers" when it comes to TAMS "because more have applied", Minister Heydon has acknowledged.
TAMS
2,215 applications made under the Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS 3) have been refused following ranking and selection.
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) has provided an initial update on the status of applications made under tranche 10 of TAMS 3.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has issued an update on various scheme payments made to farmers this week.
Dairy
Farmers have been "left in limbo" because of the current situation with TAMS a farm organisation warned today (Thursday, April 23).
Agri-Business
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon has said the current scoring system applied to TAMS 3 continues to be "reviewed on a regular basis".
The number of investments approved under the current Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS) has surpassed 44,000.
A county councillor has called for farm schemes to be reformed and simplified, warning that small farmers are "overwhelmed" by bureaucracy.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has issued an update on payments made under various farm schemes this week.
The MREF has slammed the Department of Agriculture for moving to exclude domestic dwellings from the solar PV measure under TAMS.
Over €5.6 million was paid out to farmers under various schemes last week, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) said.
Almost half of the applications made under tranche 9 of the Targeted Agriculture Modernisation Schemes (TAMS 3) have been approved.
The Micro-Renewable Energy Federation has called for an increase in supports available for solar PV installations as fuel costs rise.
There "isn't any capacity" in the current TAMS budget to get back to 100% approval for applications according to a senior DAFM official.
Agri Politics
The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture and Food will meet today (Wednesday, March 18) to discuss TAMS.
The total number of application approvals issued under the current TAMS since it commenced in 2023 has now surpassed 43,000.
2,832 applications made under tranche 9 of the Targeted Agriculture Modernisation Schemes (TAMS 3) are still to be processed.
When farming flourishes, 'the whole economy flourishes' according to the new president of the Agricultural Consultants Association (ACA).
