148. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of outstanding TAM applications are due for payment; and to provide an indicative date for when these payments will be made. [24151/24]

The processing of payments under the Targeted Agriculture Modernisation Scheme (TAMS II) is continuing on a weekly basis, with 504 claims on hand currently being processed.

To date, a total of 941 claims for payment have been submitted under TAMS 3.  My Department is currently processing payment claims, and it is anticipated that payments will start to issue in June in cases where there are no issues with the claim.