Michael McNamara (Clare, Independent)
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499. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a grant application will be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16617/20]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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The person named has submitted an application under TAMS II, tranche 17 under the Animal Welfare Safety and Nutrient Storage Scheme. This application has passed the initial administrative checks required and will be subject to the ranking and selection process. Ranking and selection is the process of ranking each application in each tranche using certain pre-defined criteria. If the application is successful at this stage it will then be subject to technical checking and if the application is successful, approval will issue in writing to the applicant concerned.

Details of the criteria for all TAMS II measures including the Animal Welfare Safety and Nutrient Storage Scheme are available on the Department's website.