Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 19 January 2022
1964. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of participants in the current round of TAMS 2014-2021 who were successful in acquiring funds for equine housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63287/21]
View answerThere are a wide variety of items available under the suite of seven measures under TAMS. To date, total expenditure under the seven measures of the TAMS, including transitional expenditure, is in excess of €325m with commitments of an additional €145m made to scheme participants who have yet to draw down those grants.
Some 44,842 applications have been approved under the scheme. All outstanding approvals issued represent potential outstanding liabilities for the Department and we must have a budget in place to pay these claims.
TAMS is a demand-led scheme and it is open to applicants to select the investments they wish to make from the extensive list available. Equine housing is not one of the investments available under TAMS, however grant aid is available for horse stocks.
The On-Farm Capital investment scheme, as is the case with all proposals under the CAP Strategic Plan (CSP), is in the process of development and is subject to the formal approval of the European Commission. The public consultation on the Environmental Assessment of the draft CAP Strategic Plan 2023-2027 closed on 8th December 2021, and I will be reviewing the proposal in advance of the submission of the proposal to the Commission by 1st January 2022.
