Dairy Equipment Scheme

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 9 December 2015

Wednesday, 9 December 2015

Questions (89)

Éamon Ó Cuív

Question:

89. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine why cluster flushers, which are dairy equipment, are not eligible for grant aid under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2. [44373/15]

Written answers

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

A very wide range of Dairy Equipment is eligible for grant aid under the TAMS II Scheme. However, as cluster flushers are not a requirement for a basic milking machine they are not being grant aided.