The issue raised concerning operational matters in the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland is not a matter for my Department.
The Targeted Agriculture Modernisation Scheme (TAMS 3) provides grants to farmers to build and/or improve a specified range of farm buildings and equipment on their holdings. There is an indicative budget of €370 million available for the period 2023-2027, and all investments must be linked to Climate, Environment or Animal Welfare.
Tranche 1 of TAMS 3 closed on 30 June 2023. Of the total of 8,241 applications submitted (almost four times the average number received per tranche under TAMS II), more than 750 were submitted under the Solar Capital Investment Scheme.
In order to facilitate the processing of this record number of files, 100% of eligible applications will be approved for funding, in keeping with my commitment to assist farmers to address climate and sustainability targets.
Applications received across all the measures in Tranche 1 are currently being processed. Once the initial processing is completed, all applications will be subject to a ranking and selection process, which is a regulatory requirement for all TAMS 3 applications.
All eligible applications will then proceed to further detailed processing, with approvals issuing to successful applications shortly, on a scheme-by-scheme basis, starting with the Solar Capital Investment Scheme.
