Written answers

Wednesday, 17 October 2012

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme Payments

Photo of Michelle MulherinMichelle Mulherin (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the targeted agriculture modernisation scheme to ensure funding available is fully utilised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45252/12]

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The targeted agricultural modernisation schemes (TAMS) are kept under constant review within my Department in order to ensure that the available funding is fully utilised, where possible. For example, the TAMS sow housing welfare scheme was recently revised in order to provide more attractive grant options to pig farmers who still have to bring their facilities up to the standards required by the new EU animal welfare rules which come into force for that sector at the beginning of next year.

As farmers generally have two years to complete the investment works concerned, the level of expenditure lags significantly behind the amount actually committed under each scheme at any particular point in time.

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