All 2025 Tranche Closing Dates Confirmed for TAMS 3

Jan 31, 2025 | Climate Change, Farm Viability, Green Architecture

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine have announced the closing dates for all four Targeted Agriculture Modernisation Schemes (TAMS) 3 tranches in 2025. This has been done to ensure that farmers and their advisors can plan proposed investments in a timely manner.

The closing dates for TAMS 3 tranches in 2025 are as follows:
• Tranche 6 of TAMS 3 is currently open and will close for applications on the 7th of March
• Tranche 7 will close on the 6th of June 2025
• Tranche 8 will close on the 5th of September 2025
• Tranche 9 will close on the 5th of December 2025

TAMS 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 CAP Strategic Plan 2023-2027.

Under the On-farm Capital Investment Scheme, known as TAMS 3, there continues to be 11 individual schemes:
• Animal Welfare, Nutrient Storage Scheme (AWNSS) at 40% grant rate, with a €90,000 investment ceiling
• Nutrient Importation Storage Scheme (NISS) at 70% grant rate, with a €90,000 investment ceiling
• Tillage Capital Investment Scheme (TCIS) at 40% grant rate, with a €90,000 investment ceiling
• Pig and Poultry Capital Investment Scheme (PPIS) at 40% grant rate, with a €500,000 investment ceiling
• Dairy Equipment Scheme (DES) at 40% grant rate, with a €90,000 investment ceiling
• Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme (YFCIS) at 60% grant rate, with a €90,000 investment ceiling
• Women Farmer Capital Investment Scheme (WFCIS) at 60% grant rate, with a €90,000 investment ceiling
• Organic Farming Capital Investment Scheme (OCIS) at 60% grant rate, with a €90,000 investment ceiling
• Farm Safety Capital Investment Scheme (FCIS) at 60% grant rate, with a €90,000 investment ceiling
• Solar Capital Investment Scheme (SCIS) at 60% grant rate, with a €90,000 investment ceiling that is separate from other schemes
• Low Emission Slurry Spreading Equipment Scheme (LESS) at 60% grant rate, with a €40,000 investment ceiling that is separate from other schemes

Access the full range of Investments and Reference Cost Documents can be found here.

Queries of a technical nature relating to the specifications should be submitted by email to: tams@agriculture.gov.ie.

For all other TAMS queries, contact TAMS 3 Admin on 053 916 3425.

Contractors can register their eTC and access code by emailing TAMScontractors@agriculture.gov.ie.

To learn more about the Targeted Agriculture Modernisation Scheme, please click here.

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