14,000 TAMS 3 approvals have issued so far

Speaking this week, assistant secretary in the department Paul Savage said that a total of 21,115 applications were submitted in the first three tranches of TAMS 3, the final one of which closed in April. 

Around 14,000 approvals have issued so far as part of the Targeted Agriculture Modernisation Scheme (TAMS 3).

Under tranche one, of the 8,203 applications received, 7,155 have been approved. Under tranche two, of the 9,110 applications received, there have been 6,844 approvals issued so far by the Department of Agriculture.