Danny Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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874. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications for TAMS grants submitted to his Department; the number paid out in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24873/20]

Danny Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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876. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who applied for TAMS grants; the number that received payment in County Kerry in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24876/20]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 874 and 876 together.

The indicative allocation for the TAMS II scheme over the course of the Rural Development Programme is €395 million. To date, 42,469 applications for TAMS grants ##have been submitted to the Department and €240 million has been paid across all available schemes. 22,565 farmers have submitted applications to TAMS II.

The total number of applications paid in 2019 was 5,490 of which 152 received payment in Kerry.