The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has now approved nearly 80% of applications made by farmers under tranche 1 of the new Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS 3).
A further 169 applications were granted approval since between Monday, March 25 and yesterday (Tuesday, April 2).
The department has now signed off on 6,529 out of a total 8,203 applications. 926 applications are currently deemed to be “in progress”.
The statistics show that 544 applications have been rejected to date, while 204 have been withdrawn by farmers or their advisors.
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Scheme Applications Rejected Withdrawn In progress Approved Animal Welfare Nutrient Storage Scheme 2,494 144 71 389 1,890 Dairy Equipment Scheme 235 15 3 36 181 Farm Safety Capital Investment Scheme 2,050 240 53 147 1,610 Low Emission Slurry Spreading 551 3 11 0 537 Organic Capital Investment Scheme 928 33 20 53 822 Pig & Poultry Investment Scheme 49 0 0 3 46 Solar Capital Investment Scheme 751 47 14 148 542 Tillage Capital Investment Scheme 445 29 17 9 390 Women Farmer Capital Investment Scheme 259 19 7 62 171 Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme 441 14 8 79 340 Total 8,203 544 204 926 6,529
The Low Emission Slurry Spreading (LESS) remains the only scheme where all tranche 1 applications have been processed.
There were no additional applications approved over the past week for the Tillage Capital Investment Scheme (TCIS) and the Pig and Poultry Investment Scheme schemes.
92 further applications made under the Animal Welfare Nutrient Storage Scheme were approved by the department.
389 of the 2,494 applications made under the scheme are still being considered by DAFM officials, 1,890 have been approved, 144 rejected and 71 were withdrawn.
1,610 applications made for the Farm Safety Capital Investment Scheme (FSCIS) have now been approved. 147 of the total 2,050 applications are still “in progress”.
TAMS
9,110 applications were made by farmers under tranche 2 of TAMS 3, which is an increase of 11% when compared with the first application round.
Similar to tranche 1, a priority approval mechanism is available for those farmers who require urgent approval to proceed with works.
Applicants or their advisors can contact their department of agriculture local office if they wish to avail of this option.