Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 26 October 2017
228. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the findings of the spending review carried out by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on the TAMS II scheme; the number of TAMS II participants by farm size (details supplied); the number of approvals; and the number of payments made, in tabular form. [45616/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe spending review carried out by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform highlighted the fact that the TAMS II Scheme has been very successful in the rate of approvals that have been issued to farmers since the Scheme was launched in mid-2015. In order for the success of the Scheme to translate into concrete improvements to the infrastructure of individual farms across the country it is now up to the applicants to act on these approvals. My Department continues to facilitate the on-going issuing of approvals and urges all farmers who have completed their works to submit their payment claims to the online system.
The data requested is given in the following table:
|
Category |
Applications |
Approved |
Payment Claims Received |
Paid |
|
<3ha * |
230 |
127 |
33 |
26 |
|
3-10ha |
351 |
299 |
48 |
28 |
|
10-20ha |
1127 |
997 |
163 |
113 |
|
20-30ha |
1604 |
1409 |
258 |
196 |
|
30-50ha |
3696 |
3225 |
724 |
525 |
|
50-100ha |
4874 |
4193 |
1029 |
747 |
|
>100ha |
1632 |
1340 |
267 |
185 |
|
Totals |
13514 |
11590 |
2522 |
1820 |
*Includes applications from Intensive Enterprises which qualify by having more than 20 production units.
