Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 16 April 2026
264. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of applications received under the animal welfare and nutrient storage scheme in TAMS 3, tranche 10; the number and percentage of those applications that are now eligible for funding following the reduction to 60%; the total funding allocated to the scheme in this tranche; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27748/26]
View answerThe Animal Welfare Nutrient Storage Scheme (AWNSS) is one of eleven schemes under the Targeted Agriculture Modernisation Scheme (TAMS 3) which provides grants to farmers to build and/or improve a specified range of farm buildings and equipment on their holdings. All investments must be linked to climate, environment or animal welfare.
Tranche 10 of TAMS 3 closed for applications on 5 December, with 7,905 applications submitted across all schemes. Of these, 2,076 were submitted under AWNSS. A total of 2,246 eligible applications (tranche 10 applications plus rolled over applications from tranche 9) went forward for ranking and selection, with 1,481, or 66% of applications, being selected and moving forward to the local office for final technical checks before approvals issue.
A specific budget is not provided for each individual scheme within each tranche of TAMS. Instead, when there is a need to control expenditure, a budgetary allocation is shared over the eleven TAMS 3 schemes, and the number of approvals issued is decided in accordance with the need to adhere to the budgetary ceiling for that tranche.
