Kevin O'Keeffe (Cork East, Fianna Fail)
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452. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the on-farm developments that qualify for a TAMS grant under the health and safety measures. [28005/18]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The TAMS II Scheme provides generous grant rates for a comprehensive range of investment items.

A wide range of Farm Safety related investments are grant-aided under the following measures - Animal Welfare, Safety and Nutrient Storage Scheme, Organic Capital Investment Scheme, Tillage Capital Investment Scheme and the Young Farmers Capital Investment Scheme. These items include:

- Protective Fence around existing tanks

- Safety Agitation platform for existing external tanks

- New Tank Cover over existing open tank

- Replacement and new Tank extension Cover

- Replacement and new manhole covers

- Replacement of damaged slats for cattle, sheep and pigs

- Removal of existing internal agitation point and replacement by gang slats

- Tank extension to provide external agitation point

- Circulation pipe (6") to allow for agitation of slurry

- Simple Aeration systems

- Calving Gate in Existing House

- Replacement of a hinged door/sheeted gate with a new sliding door/roller door on agricultural buildings.

- Safety Rails on Silo Walls

- Retrofitting roof-light with safety cages

- Wiring/Rewiring existing agricultural building

- Yard Lights (min 200 W equivalent, either metal halide or LED)

- Calf dehorning crate

- Horse Stocks

- Wheel changing equipment

- Wheel pumping crates

- Fixed cattle-handling facilities

- Fixed cattle enclosures

- Mobile cattle-handling facilities

- Fixed sheep-handling facilities

- Mobile sheep-handling facilities

- Leg hoist/lifter

- Head scoop unit

- Hydraulic motor to substitute PTO shaft

In addition, all animal housing and slurry storage facilities constructed under TAMS II include a range of health and safety-related elements that create a safer working environment on farms.

It is also mandatory for all applicants under TAMS II to complete a Farm Safety Course prior to payment of grant aid. Full details of all items grant aided under TAMS II are available on the Department's website.

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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453. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will issue to an application by a person (details supplied) under the TAMS scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28017/18]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The person named submitted an application for grant-aid under the Young Farmers Capital Investment Scheme of TAMS on 23 February 2018.  During administrative checks deficiencies were found due to no documentary evidence of grant of full planning permission being submitted at the time of application.  Following a request for a review of the application the applicant requested to proceed with the investments applied for which do not require planning permission.  The application is currently being checked for technical issues in the local office before approval issues.

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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454. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when decisions will be made on TAMS applications under tranche 10 of the scheme; the reason for the delay in processing the applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28018/18]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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All of the applications that were received in Tranche 10 of the TAMS II Scheme which closed on 8 June 2018 are currently going through the required administrative checks. There are no delays in this process. Once the administrative checks are completed a ranking and selection process is carried out prior to the applications being examined in the local offices for technical issues.