Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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1381. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding provided in his Department's Estimates for 2017 for the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme; the expenditure to date; the projected expenditure by the end of 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38548/17]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The funding in this year's estimate for TAMS is €50m. Expenditure to date is €18.3m and since the beginning of August my Department has been making payments at rate of over €1m per week on average. The utilisation of the budget will be dependent on claims submitted by approved applicants and I would urge applicants to submit their payment applications as soon as possible.