Animal Welfare Nutrient Storage Scheme (AWNSS) (TAMS 3)
The scheme aims to facilitate farm modernisation including the provision of animal welfare, improve the working and production conditions on farms, improve competitiveness and contribute to the improvement of agricultural incomes, assist farmers for the storage of animal excreta, soiled water and other farmyard manures and related facilities and assist equine farmers in improving animal welfare.
Refer to the TAMS 3 eligibility which can be found here.
Grant rate
Grant aid will only be paid on approved, completed, and eligible expenditure paid at the rate of 40% up to the applicable TAMS 3 maximum investment ceiling of €90,000 per holding. In the case of an application by two or more eligible partners in a DAFM registered partnership the maximum eligible investment ceiling is increased to €160,000. Multiple applications per tranche are permissible. However, the minimum amount of investment which is eligible for approval under this Scheme is €2,000 per application.
Nutrient storage investments (Mass concrete tank, manure pit, circular slurry stores and geo membrane lined stores) and their related sub investments are paid at a rate of 60% with a separate dedicated investment ceiling of €90,000 per holding for these investments only.
Applicants who receive approval and payment for investment works at the maximum ceiling of €90,000 under this Scheme shall not be eligible to apply for grants under any other TAMS 3 Scheme
operated by the Department under the 2023 – 2025 RDP with the exception of the applications under the Low Emission Slurry Spreading Scheme (LESS), Solar Capital Investment Scheme (SCIS) and the nutrient storage investments listed above which are not subject to the ceiling.
Eligible items
Equine infrastructure items eligible for investment under this scheme include: equine housing; ancillary concrete; tack room; feed and forage store; all weather exercise areas (arena/ lunge ring/ gallop) Note upgrade to existing all weather not aided, but extension to existing can be aided i.e. extension to arena or gallop; mechanical horse walker (roofed / unroofed); fencing and gateways (integrated in a new fence line only); pasture management machinery may also be of interest. Investment items are listed by scheme here. Only newbuilds only are to be grant aided, this scheme does not fund the upgrade of existing structures.
Note: upgrade to existing all weather exercise arenas or gallops is not aided, but extension to existing infrastructure can be considered i.e. extension to an arena or gallop.
Further information on the Animal Welfare and Nutrient Storage Scheme is available here.