Tom Fleming (Kerry South, Independent)
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278. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of TAMS; if he will ensure that the scheme is implemented at an early date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3858/15]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The Rural Development Programme for the 2014-2020 period was submitted to the EU Commission for approval in July 2014. The following investments have been identified as priority areas which will be targeted in the TAMS scheme :- (i) dairy equipment, (ii) low emission spreading equipment, (iii) animal welfare and farm safety (specifically beef and sheep handling facilities) farm nutrient storage and animal housing, (iv) pig and poultry investments in energy, water meters and medicine dispensers, (v) organic capital investment, and (vi) a young farmer capital investment scheme.

The new schemes can only be opened when EU Commission approval for the Programme has been received. That process is well underway but it is not possible at this stage to fix definitive dates for their introduction.