Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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876. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the budgetary allocations for TAMS payments outlined in budget 2019; the actual amount paid out; the amounts paid out under each measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36157/20]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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The indicative allocation for the TAMS II scheme over the course of the Rural Development Programme is €395 million. To date, over 33,350 approvals to proceed with investment works under TAMS II have issued. A total of €252 million has been paid to date. 

The available budget allocated for all TAMS measures in 2019 was €70 million. However €76.516 million was received in payment claims and paid to TAMS applicants that year with the additional funding being found from within savings elsewhere in the Department's budget. A breakdown of the amounts paid under each measure of TAMS II in 2019 is outlined below.