Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 21 May 2026
309. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on an SCIS TAMS 3 application for solar panels in the name of a person (details supplied); and if he will expedite a positive outcome [38476/26]
View answerThe person named made an application under the Solar Capital Investment Scheme (SCIS) of the Targeted Agriculture Modernisation Scheme (TAMS) 3 in Tranche 10 and the Women Farmers Capital Investment Scheme (WFCIS) in Tranche 11.
TAMS 3 is a demand led scheme, due to the high increase in application numbers and applications approved in previous tranches, ranking and selection has been applied to Tranche 10 applications for the Solar Capital Investments with a 10% selection rate, in this case the application did not meet the cut off mark for selection.
Ranking and Selection (RASS) must be carried out on all eligible applications at a specific time to allow the assessment of all eligible applications received during the tranche period against the available tranche budget.
The SCIS application will automatically be included in the next assessment, tranche 11 which will be carried out later this month and the applicant will be notified in due course of the outcome of that assessment.
The application for a calf feeder under the Women Farmer Capital Investment Scheme (WFCIS) was submitted in Tranche 11 and will also undergo ranking and selection later this month.
