Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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1193. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of money paid out in TAMS each year from the announcement of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1132/18]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The TAMS II Scheme with a suite of six measures was launched during the course of 2015, with a seventh measure the Tillage Capital Investment Scheme launched in March 2017.

The expenditure to date is as follows:

2016 - €3.971 m

2017  - €31.256 m

Over 12,400 farmers have been given approval to proceed with investment works under the seven TAMS Measures. To date 3,361 of these applicants or 27% have submitted a payment claim.  Payment claims in respect of approved works submitted via the online payment  system will continue to be paid as they are received.