Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent)
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234. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if financial assistance is available from his Department, farming organisations or European funding for farmers who require underpasses to access their land which may be crossed by regional roads in cases in which local authorities will not allow entrances onto the road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14343/18]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The suite of seven measures available under the TAMS Scheme provides support for a large number of investments for farmers in different sectors including tillage, pigs, poultry, beef and dairy.

Payments under the Scheme to date have exceeded €47.7m and continue to issue on a weekly basis as payment claims are submitted by approved participants. To date, approvals have issued to over 13,000 applicants under the scheme. Over 4,000 of these approved applicants have completed works and submitted a payment claim. Until the remaining outstanding approvals for works are completed and a payment claim submitted or the outstanding approvals lapse these cases represent potential payments and a budgetary provision must be maintained for their payment. No further items, including underpasses, can be considered for inclusion under the TAMS Scheme until the budgetary position becomes clearer as the Scheme progresses.