Written answers
Tuesday, 17 November 2020
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme
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.
Scheme | Expenditure 2019 (€m) |
---|---|
Animal Welfare and Nutrient Storage Scheme | 13.703 |
Dairy Equipment Scheme | 13.030 |
Low Emission Slurry Spreading Scheme | 6.528 |
Organic Capital Investment Scheme | 0.531 |
Pig and Poultry Investment Scheme | 0.515 |
Young Farmers' Capital Investment Scheme | 36.871 |
Tillage Capital Investment Scheme | 5.338 |
Total | 76.516 |
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