Michael Cahill (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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589. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an emergency fund for farm buildings damaged during the recent storm as a matter of extreme urgency, and take into consideration that farmers have suffered huge financial losses, that these works need to be carried out now, that a number of farmers do not have insurance and many more are not in TAMS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15048/25]

Martin Heydon (Kildare South, Fine Gael)
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In acknowledgement of the urgency of support required following Storm Eowyn, I opened a new TAMS 3 tranche for a three-week period to deal specifically with storm-related damage on farms. This tranche opened on 7 March 2025, and closed on 28 March 2025.

The specific items in respect of which applications were accepted over this three-week period are as follows:

• Backup PTO Generators (this covers all types of generators irrespective of the drive mechanism),
• Sheep, Bovine and Equine Fencing,
• Wood / Biomass Chippers and Mulchers.