Nearly 5,000 farmers made applications under tranche 6 of the Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS 3).

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) confirmed to Agriland that 4,931 applications were made across 10 of the schemes contained in TAMS 3.

However, the department did not provide figures for how many farmers applied for the Nutrient Importation Storage Scheme (NISS).

TAMS provides grants to farmers to build and/or improve a specified range of farm buildings and equipment on their holding.

The scheme is is jointly funded by the national exchequer and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) of the European Union under Ireland’s RDP 2014-2022 and Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Strategic Plan 2023-2027.

5,823 farmers applied for tranche 5, which was similar to the number of applications made by farmers under tranche 4 of the scheme (5,864).

There were 3,802 applications under tranche 3, 9,110 submitted for tranche 2, and 8,203 applied in the initial round of TAMS 3.

The following table outlines the number of applications submitted under tranche 6 by the closing date of March 7:

A three-week tranche is currently open under TAMS in response to the unprecedented damage caused to the agriculture sector by Storm Éowyn.

This tranche opened on March 7, 2025, and will close on Friday, March 28, 2025.

The specific items in respect of which applications will be accepted over this three-week period are backup PTO (power take-off) generators; sheep, bovine and equine fencing; wood and biomass chippers and mulchers.

The next regular tranche, which will cater for all TAMS applications, will open on March 29 and will close on the previously announced date of June 6, 2025.