Written answers

Tuesday, 24 May 2016

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme

Photo of Patrick O'DonovanPatrick O'Donovan (Limerick County, Fine Gael)
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516. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applicants waiting for payment, the maximum period they are waiting, under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11166/16]

Photo of Michael CreedMichael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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A total of 5,205 applications have been received in the first two tranches of the TAMS II Schemes. The first tranche across the Schemes closed on dates between 25th of September and the 30th November 2015 and the Second tranche closed on the 25th March 2016 for all schemes.

Scheme Tranche 1 Tranche 2
Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme 513 620
Dairy Equipment Scheme 1088 595
Pigs and Poultry Investment Scheme 57 38
Low Emission Slurry Spreading Equipment 194 263
Animal Welfare, Safety and Nutrient Storage 939 607
Organic Capital Investments 192 99
Total 2,983 2,222

All applications received in a given tranche have to be examined and then ranked and selected before any approvals are issued for specific schemes in given tranches. Part approvals have issued for over 1,000 applicants in respect of Dairy Equipment and LESS and it is expected that the full approval for these applicants and all other eligible applicants in Tranche 1 will issue in the next weeks. The administrative checks are ongoing in relation to applications received in Tranche 2. The IT development work on the payment claims system is ongoing and when finalised applicants may submit their claims online. The data requested by the Deputy is therefore not yet available.

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