The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has now approved over 70% of applications made by farmers under tranche 3 of the Targeted Agriculture Modernisation Schemes (TAMS 3).

The latest statistics, published by the department, show that 2,695 out of the 3,799 applications submitted under this tranche have been given the green light.

A further 801 applications are currently “in progress”, while 217 have been rejected and 86 were withdrawn.

The following table provides the latest update on tranche 3 applications for the 10 schemes contained in TAMS 3:

TAMS 3 scheme	Applications	Rejected	Withdrawn	In progress	Approved
Animal Welfare Nutrient Storage Scheme	1,000	48	32	249	671
Dairy Equipment Scheme	88	2	3	22	61
Farm Safety Capital Investment Scheme	1,055	87	14	200	754
Low Emission Slurry Spreading	314	5	5	63	241
Organic Capital Investment Scheme	320	13	8	46	253
Pig & Poultry Investment Scheme	37	2	1	9	25
Solar Capital Investment Scheme	326	15	4	98	209
Tillage Capital Investment Scheme	219	9	8	18	184
Women Farmer Capital Investment Scheme	170	14	5	35	116
Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme	270	22	6	61	181
Total	3,799	217	86	801	2,695

TAMS 3 tranche 3 applications. Source: DAFM

Meanwhile, the latest data also shows that 86 out of 8,203 applications made under tranche 1 are still being processed by department staff.

7,247 (88%) applications have been approved in this round, while 694 were rejected and 176 withdrawn.

The department added that its staff are working on 248 outstanding applications made by farmers under tranche 2 of TAMS 3.

8,033 (88%) of the 9,110 applications made in this tranche have been approved, 595 rejected and 206 withdrawn.

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Separately, there was disappointment from farming organisations following the confirmation that dribble bars will not be included in the current TAMS 3 programme.

In response to a parliamentary question from Sinn Féin TD Matt Carthy, Minister for Agriculture, Food and Marine Charlie McConalogue cited apparent differences between how much emissions are saved versus the alternative trailing shoe technology.

The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has called on Minister McConalogue to review this decision.

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