Minister for Agriculture, Simon Coveney, announced recently that approvals have commenced for TAMS II dairy investments in the Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme and approvals were to issue for priority one Dairy Equipment cases before Christmas.
The Minister said he is aware that a number of farmers are keen to have milking facilities in place for the New Year and every effort is being made to facilitate this, in particularly urgent cases.
“The Department will be sending out other TAMS II approvals on a rolling basis as the applications are cleared early in the New Year and I would ask applicants to bear with us during this time. ”
In addition, the Minister has announced the opening dates of the second tranches for online applications for various TAMS II Schemes, as follows:
The Young Farmers Capital Investment Scheme
Tranche 1: Closed September 25, 2015
Tranche 2: Opened November 12, 2015 Ends March 25, 2016
Low Emission Slurry Spreading
Tranche 1: Closed November 11, 2015
Tranche 2: Opened: December 16, 2015 Ends: March 25, 2016
The Dairy Equipment Scheme
Tranche 1: Closed September 16, 2015
Tranche 2: Opened: November 12, 2015 Ends: March 25, 2016
Animal Welfare, Safety and Nutrient Storage Scheme
Tranche 1: Closed November 30, 2015
Tranche 2: Opened: December 16, 2015 Ends: March 25, 2016
Organic Capital Investment Scheme
Tranche 1: Closed November 30, 2015
Tranche 2: Opened: December 16, 2015 Ends: March 25, 2016
The Pig and Poultry Investment Scheme
Tranche 1: Closed October 30, 2015
Tranche 2: Opened: November 12, 2015 Ends: March 25, 2016
Farm building grant applications flooding in from dairy farmers
Latest figures from the Department of Agriculture show thousands of applications from dairy farmers for the new TAMS II farm building grants.
The new TAMS measure will make €395m available to Irish farmers for investing in on-farm infrastructure, facilities and equipment.
All TAMS schemes have been opened and the applications received under the first tranches of both the Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme and the Dairy Equipment Scheme are now being processed.
According to the Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney, interest in TAMS to date has exceeded expectations and clearly many Irish farmers are looking once again at the benefits of investing in their enterprises and expanding production.
Under the Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme, a total of 520 applications have been received with over 200 of these applying for dairy investments while over 1,000 applications have been submitted for the Dairy Equipment Scheme.