Kevin O'Keeffe (Cork East, Fianna Fail)
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65. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he expects tillage farmers will be eligible to apply under the TAMS grant scheme. [21317/16]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Last year a suite of six new measures were announced under TAMS II. These measures were launched under the new Rural Development Programme 20142020 and are co-funded under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD). Under the scheme support is provided for the following measures:

- Young Farmers Capital Investment Scheme

- Dairy Equipment Scheme

- Organic Capital Investment Scheme

- Animal Welfare, Safety and Nutrient Storage Scheme

- Low Emission Slurry Spreading

- Pig and Poultry Investment Scheme

Formal approval from the EU Commission to an amendment to the Rural Development Programme 2014–2020 to provide for the inclusion of a Tillage Scheme under the suite of measures provided under the Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme was received on 23 June 2016 and the Scheme will be opened for applications later this year.