The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has said that nearly 70% of the applications made under tranche 4 of the Targeted Agriculture Modernisation Schemes (TAMS 3) have now been approved.
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.
The latest data, published by the department, shows that 4,059 (69%) out of the 5,864 applications made in tranche 4 have been approved.
212 applications have been rejected by officials, with a further 127 withdrawn from the scheme.
The following table provides the latest update on tranche 4 applications for the 10 schemes contained in TAMS 3:
TAMS 3 scheme Applications Rejected Withdrawn In progress Approved Animal Welfare Nutrient Storage Scheme 1,598 41 46 472 1,039 Dairy Equipment Scheme 104 8 1 19 76 Farm Safety Capital Investment Scheme 1,570 87 21 355 1,107 Low Emission Slurry Spreading 429 1 11 29 388 Organic Capital Investment Scheme 637 15 22 103 497 Pig & Poultry Investment Scheme 27 0 0 5 22 Solar Capital Investment Scheme 645 21 9 315 300 Tillage Capital Investment Scheme 267 14 8 12 233 Women Farmer Capital Investment Scheme 246 9 7 67 163 Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme 341 16 2 89 234 Total 5,864 212 127 1,466 4,059
Meanwhile, 67 applications made under tranche 2 of TAMS 3 are still to be fully processed.
8,165 approvals (90%) have been granted out of the 9,110 applications submitted as part of this tranche.
There are 77 applications outstanding from tranche 3, with 3,361 (88%) out of 3,799 applications made in this round now approved by the department.
TAMS
Last week, the Minister for Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and the Marine, Martin Heydon announced that tranche 6 of TAMS 3 is open for applications.
This latest tranche of the scheme includes a new 60% grant for nutrient storage investments with a separate ring-fenced ceiling of €90,000.
The main investments available at the 60% grant rate include: manure pits; mass concrete tanks, including precast tanks; circular slurry stores; and geo-membrane lined stores.
Minister Heydon also set out all the tranche closing dates for this year, to allow farmers and their advisors to plan proposed investments “in a timely manner”.
The minister said that the 2025 tranche closing dates were as follows:
- Tranche 6: March 7, 2025;
- Tranche 7: June 6, 2025;
- Tranche 8: September 5, 2025;
- Tranche 9: December 5, 2025.