Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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174. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if meal bins on dry stock farms will be made eligible for TAMS grants in view of the significant underspend under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52610/18]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The expenditure on TAMS II to date is €96.9m. Applications continue to be received and processed under the Scheme with over 2,000 applications submitted under the latest tranche that closed on 7 December last. It is expected that the budget of €395m for the period of the RDP will be fully spent.

The inclusion of additional items such as meal bins for all sectors including the dry stock sector can only be considered in the context of the overall budgetary position which is being closely monitored.