The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has now approved around 65% of applications made under tranche 1 of the new Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS 3).
The latest data published today (Monday, February 26) by the department shows that an additional 424 applications were given the green light in the week up to last Friday (February 23).
This means that 5,278 out of 8,203 applications lodged with DAFM have now been approved.
The department said that 2,246 applications are currently deemed to be “in progress”, 476 were rejected and 203 have been withdrawn.
The full list of schemes under TAMS 3 with the most recent numbers of approvals is outlined below:
Scheme Applications Rejected Withdrawn In progress Approved Animal Welfare Nutrient Storage Scheme 2,494 118 71 963 1,342 Dairy Equipment Scheme 235 5 3 92 135 Farm Safety Capital Investment Scheme 2,050 240 53 361 1,396 Low Emission Slurry Spreading 551 3 11 4 533 Organic Capital Investment Scheme 928 26 19 180 703 Pig & Poultry Investment Scheme 49 0 0 9 40 Solar Capital Investment Scheme 751 28 14 284 425 Tillage Capital Investment Scheme 445 29 17 15 384 Women Farmer Capital Investment Scheme 259 13 7 150 89 Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme 441 14 8 188 231 Total 8,203 476 203 2,246 5,278
Over 60% of the approvals granted last week (256) related to the Animal Welfare Nutrient Storage Scheme, which is also the TAMS measure with the highest number of applications (2,494).
1,342 applications for the measure have now been approved, 963 are still being considered by the department, 118 were rejected and 71 have been withdrawn.
There were 18 further approvals under the Women Farmer Capital Investment Scheme (WFCIS), which has among the lowest number of approvals.
89 out of 259 applications for the scheme have been approved, 150 are “in progress”, 13 were rejected and 7 were withdrawn.
There were no additional applications approved under the Low Emission Slurry Spreading (LESS) measure. Almost 97% (533) of the 551 applications have been approved to date.
TAMS
Last week, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue announced that the priority approval mechanism for applications to tranche 2 of TAMS is now open.
This mechanism is for farmers who need to commence grant-aided works urgently.
Farmer who find themselves in that position are advised to contact their local DAFM office so their application can be assessed.
The minister said that TAMS tranche 2 had seen 9,110 application as of the closing date of January 19.
He reiterated that all eligible applications will be approved under tranche 2.
It was previously announced that tranche 3 of the scheme will close for applications on Friday, April 12, 2024.