Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 8 February 2023

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised)

Photo of Charlie McConalogueCharlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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-----but we have two separate ceilings now. One of the reasons we feel the uptake was not as strong as it might have been in the outgoing TAMS was the opportunity costs of availing of it where farmers would not then be able to use their ceiling for other on-farm capital investment. There are two separate ceilings now. In theory, farmers will be now be able to avail of TAMS for up to €180,000, that is, up to €90,000 for solar and €90,000 for shed or tanks, for example.