Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 January 2018
1193. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of money paid out in the Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme, TAMS, each year from the announcement of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1132/18]
View answerThe TAMS II Scheme with a suite of six measures was launched during the course of 2015, with a seventh measure the Tillage Capital Investment Scheme launched in March 2017.
The expenditure to date is as follows:
2016 - €3.971 m
2017 - €31.256 m
Over 12,400 farmers have been given approval to proceed with investment works under the seven TAMS Measures. To date 3,361 of these applicants or 27% have submitted a payment claim. Payment claims in respect of approved works submitted via the online payment system will continue to be paid as they are received.
