Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 23 September 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Vote 30 - Update on Pre-Budget and Policy Issues: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

4:55 pm

Photo of Pat DeeringPat Deering (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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I have a brief question in regard to the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme, TAMS. There appears to be a significant backlog of applications in the system, going back months or even to last year. What is the reason for this? I presume the funding is there. Is there a problem with the application process or have the criteria changed? Can the process be streamlined?