TAMS Administration

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 7 March 2017

Tuesday, 7 March 2017

Questions (702)

Charlie McConalogue

Question:

702. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of expenditure incurred to date under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme, TAMS, 2 scheme since it was launched; the total annual amount of funding originally allocated for each respective year, in tabular form, on an annual basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11565/17]

Written answers

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

The total budget for TAMS II for the period of the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 is €395m.

The budget allocated in 2016 for TAMS measures was €35.8m and the budget allocation in 2017 is €50m. The budgets for the future years of the programme will be finalised as part of the annual budgetary process. 

The total amount of expenditure incurred to date is €7.38m.