Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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665. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a manual payment will be authorised for an approved grant due to the significant delay to TAMS 2 grant payments in respect of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9663/17]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The applicants in this case were approved on 15 December 2015  for the following dairy and milking parlour equipment - a water heater, milking machine, bulk milk tank, meal feeding system and an autowasher.

A claim for payment  was submitted on 25 August 2016 for all of the above items. The application was checked in the local office and the applicants were informed by phone that there were a number of deficiencies with their claim namely valid electrical certs were not submitted, receipts had no serial numbers for the equipment claimed and land folio numbers and maps had not been submitted. This required documentation was received on 28 October 2016  which allowed the full check to proceed in the office.

On checking this documentation it was noted that there were the following issues with the claim.

The applicant’s had included the full amount of VAT with their claim on all items which is not allowed under the Terms and Conditions of the scheme.

The bulk tank was claimed but when the receipt was checked it was a plate cooler that was purchased instead of the bulk tank. This plate cooler was not approved.

There are no proposals to issue manual payments for the TAMS II Schemes. The issues in relation to this claim are being worked on and they will be finalised as soon as possible.