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TAMS II. Oliver Molloy AI Sligo & Charleville March 2018. TAMS II. Targeted Agriculture Modernisation Schemes €395m over the lifetime of the programme (2015 to 2020) Schemes are open for applications Schemes and investments were introduced following the completion of SWOT. Schemes.
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TAMS II Oliver Molloy AI Sligo & Charleville March 2018
TAMS II • Targeted Agriculture Modernisation Schemes • €395m over the lifetime of the programme (2015 to 2020) • Schemes are open for applications • Schemes and investments were introduced following the completion of SWOT
Schemes Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme (YFCIS) Dairy Equipment Scheme (DES) Low Emission Spreading Equipment (LESS) Organic Capital Investment Scheme (OCIS) Animal Welfare, Safety and Nutrient Storage (AWNSS) Pig and Poultry Specialised Equipment (PPIS) Tillage Capital Investment Scheme (TCIS)
General Principals • Online applications & payment claim • Investment super ceiling of €80,000 per holding (€40,000 for LESS is independent of this €80,000) • Farm partnerships (increase ceiling) • Non Less- €160k • Less - €60k • Budget divided into Tranche, every three months
General Principals (cont.) • 60% grant aid for Young Farmer • 40% grant aid for all other schemes • Compulsory ranking and selection of all applications • Reference cost for every investment • Similar eligibility criteria across schemes • 12 or 6 months to complete the investment
Dairy Equipment Scheme Milking Equipment Cooling and storage equipment In parlour meal feeding
Organic Capital Investment Scheme • Capital investment for Organic Producers • Incorporates all investments in other schemes plus specific organic Structures and Equipment • 40% and 60% (Young Organic Farmers)
Low Emission Spreading Equipment • Slurry tankers & Umbilical System • Using one of following attachments • Trailing Shoe • Shallow injection • Dribble bar
Animal Welfare, Safety and Nutrient Storage Scheme Animal housing & Welfare Farm nutrient Storage Farm Safety Animal Handling Silage base & resurfacing
Pig and Poultry Specialised Investments • Eligible items - • Investments to improve energy efficiency • Insulation, heating, lighting, ventilation • Feed Medicated • Medicated Feed dispensers • Pig and Poultry feed systems
Tillage Capital Investment Scheme • Precision Farming Equipment • Grain Stores and Grain Storage Equipment • Low Disturbance Tillage Equipment • Rainwater Harvesting and Storage • Safety Investments
Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme • Between 18 and 40 • Set-up for first time within five years of application • Complete education within 3 years of approval - (otherwise grant rate of 40%) • Eligible items – everything proposed in all other investment schemes • Joint Applications
Education • FETEC level 6 • Complete education within 3 years of approval • 40% grant aid - if education not completed at time of payment claim • 20% top up - if education acquired within 3 years of approval
TAMS II • TAMS II Budget - €395m • Application Received - €342m • Payments made - €112m • Expired approvals 1,490
Tranche Dates • Tranche 14 06/04/2019 to 05/07/2019 • Tranche 15 06/07/2019 to 04/10/2019 • Tranche 16 05/10/2019 to 12/01/2020
TAMS II Support Documents TAMS II Frequently Asked Questions (pdf) TAMS II Tranche Dates - 16 Dec 2015 (xls) Explanatory Notes on Costings - TAMS II 17th Dec 2018 (pdf) TAMS II Reference Costs - 17th Dec 2018 (doc) Tank Costings Spreadsheet for TAMS II (xls) Explanation Calculation Spreadsheet for Reference Costs 17th Dec 2018 (xls)
Explanation Calculation Spreadsheet for Reference Costs 17th Dec 2018 (xls 33Kb)
NB- Who is the applicant • Name & details on the top of screen • If not correct, contact the Department • Applicant must be the farmer, minimal area in BPS etc. • Can be Company, Individual , Partnership • Applicants name must appear on receipts and bank account • Applicant must own / lease the site • Cannot be a company or contacting business associated with applicant
Online applications open • www.agfood.ie • Applicant or Agent can complete application • Scheme closes December 2020
Investment Ceiling • €80,000 per applicant • Partnership - investment * 2 (€160,000) however % grant rate depends of partners eligibility • LESS ceiling independent (€40,000 or €60,000) • Applicant can apply under YFCIS once eligible and investment balance available
Investments • Main Investment • Animal Housing, milking equipment • Sub Investment • Slatted area, feed passage, 16 cluster milking machine, robot • Allows for change within Main Investment
Investments • Proposed cost for every main structure e.g. Animal housing • Planning permission (or exemption) require at application • Dimensions or each substructure must be entered • Farmyard layout plan &/or Farm building layout plan • Linking of Investments (cattle crush example)
Investments • Detailed in scheme appendices is the following- • Eligible Structure • Eligible Sub structures • Requirement for • Planning permission • Drawing • Farmyard sketch • Nitrates relevant • Own labour permitted • Card A- Notice of commencement of work
Common Wall Cubicles on Solid Scraped Passages
Cubicles onto Slats Feed Passage Slatted area Feed Passage
T Shaped Tank Ancillary Concrete
Animal Housing Proposed Cost €102,500 Slatted and cubicle area over tank 10.8 2.4 Common wall 8.0 Slatted Area 17.0 4.6 Roofed Feeding Passage 17.0 4.0 Solid Floor area with cubicles 24.0 10.8 Slatted and cubicle area over tank 26.4 6.2 Roofed Feeding passage 31.0 2.5 Ancillary Concrete 248 Automatic Slurry Scrapers €6,500 No scraped passages 2 Mass Concrete Tank €42,000 T-Shaped Tank 583.08
Tank Excel Sheet Required for each tank Application Stage Payment Claim Enter details of the tank Transfer Cubic Capacity m3 Reference Cost / m3
Nitrates Compliance • Applicant must be nitrates complaint if applying for animal housing or nutrient storage • Must complete details of type of farming and all nutrient storage facilities (on/off holding) • Excludes – calving, lambing or isolation pens • Applicant can build tank at own cost
Nitrates related investment Winter housing date Any Investment linked to nutrient storage Must Pass Nitrates Check Use last completed winter period 1st Dec+22 weeks = 4th May At present use 2017/2018 winter period 4th May 2019 use 2018/2019
Planning Permission • Planning Permission issues • Demolishing and rebuild • Stamping / bar-coded drawings • Cattle crush • Final grant of planning • Letter of exemption • Limit documents to A3