Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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444. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding available under TAMS or other schemes to support the change of use of a building into an agricultural storage building by a farmer with a herd number; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43076/19]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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A suite of seven measures are available under TAMS II.  These measures were launched under the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 and are co-funded under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD). The measures provide grants for capital investment in physical assets to assist the Irish agriculture sector to respond to a range of policy challenges.   

There are a wide variety of investment items available under TAMS II.  However, specific grant aid for the change of use of a building into an agricultural storage facility is not available. As the budget for the TAMs scheme and the RDP overall is expected to be fully utilised, I have no plans to introduce additional investments at this time.