Dairy Equipment Scheme one of six under Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme heading
Documents required for the TAMS grants scheme include a farmyard layout plan of all the existing and proposed structures (scale of 1:500); and a farm building layout plan of the investment structure/building (1:100 or 1:200).
Where applicable, a grant of full and final planning permission including conditions, or declaration of exemption including maps (must be stamped by the local authority) is required.
A copy of a farming company’s Companies Registration Office Certificate and Memorandum and Articles of Association, and a Young Farmers Declaration, may be needed.
Other requirements may include a Department of Agriculture tank costings Excel sheet, and in certain cases, an engineer’s report.
* The Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme (YFCIS) covers farm slurry storage, animal housing and welfare, silage base and walls, animal handling, farm safety, dairy structure, dairy equipment, low emission slurry spreading, and pig and poultry investments.
The closing date for tranche one is January 8, 2016.
* The Organic Capital Investment Scheme (OCIS) Capital investment for organic producers, incorporates all investments in other schemes, plus specific organic structures and equipment, 40% and 60% (Young Organic Farmers). The closing date for tranche one was October 30, 2015.
* In the Low Emission Slurry Spreading Equipment Scheme (LESS), grants are available for slurry tankers and umbilical system, using the trailing shoe, shallow injection, or dribble bar. The closing date for tranche one is November 20, 2015.
* The Pig and Poultry Investment Scheme (PPIS) is for investments to improve energy efficiency, insulation, heating, lighting, ventilation, feed medication (medicated feed dispensers, pig and poultry feed systems). The closing date for tranche one was October 30, 2015.
* The Animal Welfare Safety and Nutrient Storage Scheme (AWNSS) includes animal housing and welfare, farm slurry storage, farm safety, animal handling, silage base and walls. The closing date for tranche one was October 30, 2015.
* The Dairy Equipment Scheme (DES) is for milking equipment, cooling and storage equipment, in-parlour meal feeding.
The closing date for tranche one was October 16, 2015. The minimum approval per application under all schemes is €2,000.
The maximum grant available is 60% on costs up to the ceiling of €80,000 for an individual applicant or company in the Young Farmers Capital Investment Scheme and the Young Farmer section of the Organics Capital Investment Scheme.
For DAFM-registered partnerships, where one partner qualifies as an eligible young farmer and the other partner does not, the maximum grant amount payable is: 60% on costs up to €80,000; and 40% on any remaining balance over €80,000. In DAFM-registered partnerships with two or more eligible young farmers in the partnership, the maximum grant amount payable is 60% on costs up to €160,000.
The maximum grant available is 40% on costs up to €80,000 for an individual applicant or company, in the Dairy Equipment Scheme, Animal Welfare and Nutrient Storage Scheme, Organics Capital Investment Scheme and Pig and Poultry Investment Scheme.
For DAFM-registered partnerships, the maximum grant amount payable for two or more eligible partners is 40% on costs up to €160,000.
The maximum grant payable is 40% on costs up to €40,000 for an individual applicant or company in the Low Emission Slurry Spreading Scheme, or 40% of 60,000 for DAFM-registered partnerships with two or more eligible partners.
