Ranking and selection will be applied to tranche 12 applications of the Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS 3), Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon has confirmed.
There will be continued prioritisation for applications received under farm safety and nutrient storage schemes, on a differentiated basis, the Minister announced on Thursday.
Some 69,593 applications were submitted in the first 12 tranches of TAMS 3, three times the number received in a similar period for TAMS 2.
Tranche 12 closed for applications on 19 June with 5,839 applications submitted across all schemes, not including an additional 1,395 applications which rolled over from tranche 11.
Minister Heydon said: “TAMS 3 continues to be a very successful scheme with payments of over €181m issued to farmers to invest in their holdings.
"In applying ranking and selection to tranche 12 of TAMS 3, I must continue to be mindful of budgetary constraints, as similar to previous tranches, a huge number of applications have been received in tranche 12.”
Nutrient storage and safety
The Minister said that 75% of eligible applications for nutrient storage investments and 100% of eligible applications under the farm safety scheme will again be selected under this tranche and he urged farmers to assess their holdings from a health and safety perspective and to seek the support which is available to address these issues.
“I have again decided to approve all eligible applications submitted under the Farm Safety Scheme in acknowledgement of the huge importance of farm safety on all farms regardless of the type of farming,” he concluded.
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