321. Deputy Áine Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when persons (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a decision on a recently submitted grant application for the upgrading of a milking parlour, as this work will need to be carried out during the winter months when cows are not milking. [36396/15]

My Department received an application from the applicants named under the Dairy Equipment Scheme of TAMS II on the 6th October 2015. The first tranche of this scheme has only just closed, on 16th October 2015, and all applications received now have to be examined, validated and then ranked and assessed. Approvals will commence when this process is complete.