Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 21 February 2019
145. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the heat recovery technology element of grant aid under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme, TAMS, will be removed to enable it to be included in the SEAI dairy farm energy grants (details supplied). [8789/19]
View answerHeat recovery technology which is grant aided under the Dairy Equipment Scheme and the Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme of TAMS II is among the basket of investments which aim to ensure the sustainable development of dairy farming. To date 94 farmers have availed of a grant for these new heat recovery systems. There are no proposals to remove this investment from TAMS II.
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland offer grant assistance to farmers in the Dairy Sector for the retrofitting of variable speed drive technology to vacuum pumps and milk pumps.
This is an example of the collaborative approach to driving the national sustainability agenda.
