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Subsidy (Pig & Poultry Investment Scheme)

Abbreviated form of legal source(s)

Pig & Poultry Investment Scheme

Description of support scheme

Under the Pig & Poultry Investment Scheme, farmers active in that sector can receive support for specific investments. Among them, purchase and installation of aerothermal heat pumps, solar thermal and biomass boilers are eligible for support. Pig & Poultry Investment Scheme is part of Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme II (TAMS II), included in the 2014-2020 Rural Development Programme of Ireland.

Amount

Grant aid will cover 40% of the eligible expenditure (EUR 80,000 per holding) (ch.1.3 Pig & Poultry Investment Scheme) (ch.4.3 Pig & Poultry Investment Scheme).

Addressees

Farmers active in pig and poultry sector (ch.3.1 Pig & Poultry Investment Scheme).

Procedure

Interested applicants make a submission online along with any necessary document (such as Planning permission). DAFM assesses the application. If approved, the applicant may carry on with the necessary works. Finally, the applicant makes a claim or payment and the grant is paid off (ch.5-8 Pig & Poultry Investment Scheme).

Competent authority

DAFM

Technologies

Aerothermal

Heat recovery units / air source heat pumps are eligible (Annex B Pig & Poultry Investment Scheme).

Hydrothermal
Biogas
Biomass

Biomass boilers are eligible (Annex B Pig & Poultry Investment Scheme).

Geothermal energy
Solar Thermal

Eligible