Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 18 December 2025
592. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeline for the issue of approvals for TAMS applications under the fencing measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73688/25]
View answerThe Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS 3) provides grants to farmers to build and/or improve a specified range of farm buildings and equipment on their holdings. Overall, the scheme has proved very popular, with an unprecedented level of applications received.
The timeline for approval of applications under TAMS 3 has been agreed with the relevant farm bodies and laid down in the Farmers' Charter. It has been agreed that the issue of approvals following the selection of valid applications will take place within three months of ranking and selection of files under each tranche, and no longer than six months following the closure of a tranche. Ranking and Selection is the process whereby the overall cost of applications received in a particular tranche is assessed taking into account the available budget.
This timeline referred to in the Farmers' Charter is in respect of all eleven schemes currently available under TAMS 3. Priority is not provided for any specific measure such as livestock fencing.
