James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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447. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports and schemes available to a person setting up their own milk processing unit based on local suppliers for tillage and basing their output on nutritional value rather than yield; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44011/17]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Under the Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS II) a suite of seven measures are available. Support is available under 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 Capital Investment Scheme;

- Tillage Capital Investment Scheme.

A wide range of investment items are available to help Irish farmers to improve their farms under these measures. Young Farmers can avail of an enhanced grant rate of 60% and for all other farmers the grant rate is 40%.