Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Senator Pippa Hackett):

We will engage with the stakeholders group on its concerns, as we would have done up to now. I imagine that the small number of women farmers who do not meet the criteria under this TAM scheme may apply for any of the other TAM schemes. There is grant aid of between 40% and 60% there, including the young farmers scheme. There are about ten schemes available under TAMS that they could look into if they fall out of the women farmers scheme. I hope there have not been too many refusals but if there have been any, I will get that information to the Deputy.

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