Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 February 2022
976. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a new entrant farmer who has been approved for TAMS for a milking parlour can extend the expiry date on the drawdown given that they have not yet secured a contract with any dairy supplier; if they can draw down without such a contract being put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8247/22]
View answerThe granting of extensions under TAMS is provided for in the terms and conditions of the scheme which is published on the Department's website.
Applicants with a 12-month approval have the option of applying for a six months extension. The extension will only be granted for structures and fixed investments where work has commenced. The application for an extension must be lodged together with documentary evidence to the online system between the start of the eighth month and before the end of the 11th month following the original date of approval to join the scheme.It is also open to individual applicants to contact the office who issued their TAMS approval letter directly in relation to a request for an extension between the 11th and 12th month from approval date in exceptional circumstances.
All extension requests must include the required supporting documentation. Payments cannot issue until the approved works have been completed and a payment claim is submitted by or on behalf of the approved applicant to the online system. It is open to any farmer who has an expired approval to submit a new application under the scheme.
