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Minister McConalogue announces approval for all applicants in most recent TAMS tranche
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue T.D. today also announced that approval has commenced for all qualified applications received under Tranche 22 of the Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS). The Minister also confirmed that that average weekly payments of €1.2m have issued this year under the scheme under TAMS II with €2.6 million issuing this week alone.
This year, to date, €43.4 million has now been paid in respect of completed investments. Total payments of over €305 million have now issued in respect of over 22,172 approved applications for completed investments since the opening of TAMS II in 2015.
Commenting on this the Minister said: “TAMS continues to be a hugely successful and beneficial scheme and I am delighted to confirm that approvals will issue in respect of all eligible applications submitted under Tranche 22.”
“I am delighted that this week’s TAMS payments amounting to €2.6 million brings to €43 million the total payments made to date in 2021 in respect of TAMS II investments. Our priority now is to continue to issue payments to approved applicants for completed investments. These payments will continue to issue on a weekly basis”.
The Minister encouraged all farmers who have completed approved works and have payment claims outstanding in relation to TAMS II to submit them to the Department’s online system as soon as the works have been completed to facilitate the prompt issue of payments. He added “With over 43,500 approvals issued since its launch, there are a considerable amount of outstanding approvals out there with farmers and I would urge them to complete the investment work and apply for the payment as soon as possible to facilitate the prompt issuing of payments”.
The current Tranche of TAMS II closes on 5th November 2021. Tranche 24 will open on 6th November 2021.
Note for Editors:
Full details of the suite of seven measures available under TAMS II are available on the Government of Ireland website at:
https://www.agriculture.gov.ie/farmerschemespayments/tamsII
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