{"id":1339258,"date":"2024-06-30T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-30T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.agriland.ie\/?p=1339258"},"modified":"2024-06-30T09:10:46","modified_gmt":"2024-06-30T08:10:46","slug":"dafm-issues-over-e1-1m-in-tams-payments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lightsail.agriland.ie\/farming-news\/dafm-issues-over-e1-1m-in-tams-payments\/","title":{"rendered":"DAFM issues over \u20ac1.1m in TAMS payments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has issued over \u20ac1.1 million to farmers in payments under Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the week up to Friday (June 28), the department paid out \u20ac819,943 to farmers in TAMS 3, while those in TAMS 2 received \u20ac312,610.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Almost \u20ac457 million has now been issued to farmers under TAMS 2; total payments for TAMS 3 stand at \u20ac2.3 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this month, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue<\/a> announced the commencement of payments in respect of claims submitted under TAMS 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The minister recently confirmed that a review<\/a> of the department reference costs for TAMS is planned to take place in the coming months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA further review of the reference costs is envisaged in the second half of this year, with a publication of the revised costs likely in mid-2025,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DAFM<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The latest data published by DAFM also shows that farmers received a further \u20ac190,797 in 2023 Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS) and Complimentary Redistributive Income Support for Sustainability (CRISS) payments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In total, 120,405 farmers have now received BISS and CRISS payments totalling nearly \u20ac844 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This figure includes the 2023 Complementary Income Support for Young Farmers payments (\u20ac37.4 million), as well as the 2023 National Reserve (\u20ac4.6 million) payments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u20ac104,128 was issued in 2023 Eco-Scheme payments during the past week. 120,781 farmers have now received a total of \u20ac310 million under the scheme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The department cleared a further \u20ac85,261 in payments as part of the Organic Farming Scheme (OFS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The department issued over \u20ac44,000 in outstanding 2023 Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC) and Areas of Specific Constraint (ASC) payments, while \u20ac11,000 was issued for the Green, Low-carbon, Agri-Environment Scheme (GLAS).<\/p>\n\n\n