Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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144. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the TAMS II scheme is to be extended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16323/20]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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TAMS II is currently scheduled to close to new applications on 31 December 2020.

As there has been a delay in agreeing the EU budget and the new CAP reform regulations, transitional arrangements will be made to provide legal and financial certainty for RDP schemes for 2021. The European Commission has therefore introduced draft transitional Regulations to cover the period between the current RDP which expires this year and the commencement of the next. These transitional regulations which will govern the position of schemes in 2021 have not yet been finalised.

Therefore, it is not possible, at present, to make decisions in relation to schemes implemented under the Rural Development Programme, including TAMS, until confirmation is available on the available budget and the timeframe for both the transitional period and the time needed to introduce transitional measures.