Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 12 July 2018
592. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he plans to introduce grant aid for feed bins for the drystock sector similar to that available in the dairy sector. [32204/18]
View answerThe TAMS II Scheme has been very successful to date in terms of uptake with the number of approvals that have issued reaching 15,000. All of these approvals represent committed expenditure and until such time as these approvals are acted upon or expire the budget for TAMS must include provision for the potential expenditure involved.
Of the applications approved just over 5,000 payment claims have been received to date. Payment claims submitted continue to be paid on an on-going basis. All participants who have completed approved works have been urged to submit their payment claims immediately to facilitate early payment. Until the approvals issued to applicants are acted upon and payment claims are submitted or expire without a payment claim being submitted the budgetary position is that additional investment items cannot be accommodated within the RDP budget.
There are no plans currently to introduce feed bins for the drystock sector in the TAMS II Schemes.
