The general TAMS II farm building grant scheme for all farmers has been launched this week by Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney. He has given the scheme €170m in funding to cover the years 2015 to 2020.
This scheme offers the standard grant rate of 40% on a wide range of projects up to an investment ceiling of €80,000. A farmer investing the maximum €80,000 on eligible items can therefore receive grant aid of €32,000.
This major scheme is named the Animal Welfare, Safety and Nutrient Storage Scheme. The investment items covered include:
Animal housing, including loose and slatted cattle houses, calving and bull pens, calf creep areas, feed passages, replacement of slats, extension of tanks and cattle handling units. It covers loose and slatted sheep houses.Roofing of livestock feed yards. Automatic slurry scrapers.Manure pits.Mass concrete slurry storage tanks.Precast slurry tanks.Circular slurry stores.Geo membrane lined stores.Isolation boxes.Silage pits.Resurfacing of existing silage pits.The scheme will grant aid the items that were included in the earlier TAMS I Farm Safety Scheme, including:
Mobile and fixed sheep handling equipment.Mobile cattle handling equipment.Head scoop.Leg hoist/lifter.Cattle weigh scales.Fence around existing open tank.Agitation platform for open tank.New cover over open tank.Replacement tank extension cover.Replacement of damaged slats.Removal of internal agitation point.Tank extension to provide external agitation point.Circulation pipe for agitation of slurry.Calving gate in existing house.Sliding and roller doors to replace existing hinged doors.Safety rail on silo walls.Retrofitting safety cages for roof lights.Wiring and rewiring existing agricultural buildings.Yard lights.Calf dehorning crate.Horse stocks.Low Emission Slurry Spreading Scheme
The Minister also launched the Low Emission Slurry Spreading Scheme (LESS) this week, with an indicative budget of €4m. The scheme is designed to encourages the application of slurry using environmentally friendly technology, including shallow injection systems, dribble bars, trailing shoes, as well as umbilical systems, including the base pump lay-flat hose.
This scheme has a separate investment ceiling of €40,000. Therefore, applying to this scheme will not eat into the €80,000 investment ceiling which an applicant has for all other TAMS II schemes.
Applications to both of these schemes must be made online, either by the farmer or by an adviser. The online application system for both schemes is being made available immediately.
The first tranche of applications will run for three months, closing towards the end of October.
Minister Coveney also announced that the submit-facility had now been activated for the recently launched Dairy Equipment Scheme, enabling farmers to submit their completed applications online from today (Thursday).
The two schemes launched this week bring to four the number of TAMS II schemes now launched under the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020.
They follow the Young Farmers Scheme and the Dairy Equipment Scheme. Minister Coveney said that the two remaining TAMS schemes – the Organic Capital Investment Scheme and the Pigs and Poultry Specialised Investment Scheme – will be launched over the coming weeks.
The full suite of TAMS schemes envisaged under the new RDP will then be open. The total allocation for these schemes is €395m over the years of the programme.
Reaction
IFA president Eddie Downey welcomed the announcement of the latest TAM II schemes, which are vital for the long-term future of agriculture and will boost economic activity in the rural economy.
“All remaining schemes should be open by the end of the month,” he said. “The administrative delays seen in TAMS I must not be repeated.”
Rural Development chairman Flor McCarthy welcomed the inclusion of additional items for grant aid, including silage slabs and silage walls. The Minister must add additional necessary items over coming months, he said.
IFA Sheep chairman John Lynskey said it was disappointing sheep fencing was excluded and that the Minister would have to revisit this along with other sheep supports.
The general TAMS II farm building grant scheme for all farmers has been launched this week by Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney. He has given the scheme €170m in funding to cover the years 2015 to 2020.
This scheme offers the standard grant rate of 40% on a wide range of projects up to an investment ceiling of €80,000. A farmer investing the maximum €80,000 on eligible items can therefore receive grant aid of €32,000.
This major scheme is named the Animal Welfare, Safety and Nutrient Storage Scheme. The investment items covered include:
Animal housing, including loose and slatted cattle houses, calving and bull pens, calf creep areas, feed passages, replacement of slats, extension of tanks and cattle handling units. It covers loose and slatted sheep houses.Roofing of livestock feed yards. Automatic slurry scrapers.Manure pits.Mass concrete slurry storage tanks.Precast slurry tanks.Circular slurry stores.Geo membrane lined stores.Isolation boxes.Silage pits.Resurfacing of existing silage pits.The scheme will grant aid the items that were included in the earlier TAMS I Farm Safety Scheme, including:
Mobile and fixed sheep handling equipment.Mobile cattle handling equipment.Head scoop.Leg hoist/lifter.Cattle weigh scales.Fence around existing open tank.Agitation platform for open tank.New cover over open tank.Replacement tank extension cover.Replacement of damaged slats.Removal of internal agitation point.Tank extension to provide external agitation point.Circulation pipe for agitation of slurry.Calving gate in existing house.Sliding and roller doors to replace existing hinged doors.Safety rail on silo walls.Retrofitting safety cages for roof lights.Wiring and rewiring existing agricultural buildings.Yard lights.Calf dehorning crate.Horse stocks.Low Emission Slurry Spreading Scheme
The Minister also launched the Low Emission Slurry Spreading Scheme (LESS) this week, with an indicative budget of €4m. The scheme is designed to encourages the application of slurry using environmentally friendly technology, including shallow injection systems, dribble bars, trailing shoes, as well as umbilical systems, including the base pump lay-flat hose.
This scheme has a separate investment ceiling of €40,000. Therefore, applying to this scheme will not eat into the €80,000 investment ceiling which an applicant has for all other TAMS II schemes.
Applications to both of these schemes must be made online, either by the farmer or by an adviser. The online application system for both schemes is being made available immediately.
The first tranche of applications will run for three months, closing towards the end of October.
Minister Coveney also announced that the submit-facility had now been activated for the recently launched Dairy Equipment Scheme, enabling farmers to submit their completed applications online from today (Thursday).
The two schemes launched this week bring to four the number of TAMS II schemes now launched under the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020.
They follow the Young Farmers Scheme and the Dairy Equipment Scheme. Minister Coveney said that the two remaining TAMS schemes – the Organic Capital Investment Scheme and the Pigs and Poultry Specialised Investment Scheme – will be launched over the coming weeks.
The full suite of TAMS schemes envisaged under the new RDP will then be open. The total allocation for these schemes is €395m over the years of the programme.
Reaction
IFA president Eddie Downey welcomed the announcement of the latest TAM II schemes, which are vital for the long-term future of agriculture and will boost economic activity in the rural economy.
“All remaining schemes should be open by the end of the month,” he said. “The administrative delays seen in TAMS I must not be repeated.”
Rural Development chairman Flor McCarthy welcomed the inclusion of additional items for grant aid, including silage slabs and silage walls. The Minister must add additional necessary items over coming months, he said.
IFA Sheep chairman John Lynskey said it was disappointing sheep fencing was excluded and that the Minister would have to revisit this along with other sheep supports.
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