WITH the department making good progress on TAMS approvals since January, it is likely that nearly all tranche 1 applications will be processed by the end of the month.

Recent figures published by the Department of Agriculture show that 6,181 applications of the 8,203 submitted under tranche 1 of TAMS 3 have been approved to date, marking the approval of ¾ of all applications. A total of 503 applications (6%) have been rejected across the shceme with 204 (2.4%) applications withdrawn.