Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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321. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a reclamation and drainage scheme; the status of the A Programme for A Partnership Government commitment to include a measure on clearing drains in the farm safety scheme under TAMS; and the timeline for implementation of same. [14854/18]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The budget for the Targeted Agriculture Modernisation scheme (TAMS) of €395m under the Development programme is fully committed at this stage. It is not possible to include additional investment items within the available budget. Support for land drainage is not included as an eligible item in the current programme.