The three-week window in March for emergency TAMS measures that was implemented by Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon has proven extremely popular. 1,945 individual applications were submitted, with a total of 2,287 items applied for. The tranche opened for a three-week window in response to storm damage on farms and covered generators, mulchers, wood chippers and fencing and gateways for bovine, equine and sheep.

The total number of generators applied for across the tranche amounted to 1,217, accounting for 53% of all applications. At the time of its launch, the minister granted permission for diesel and petrol generators to be eligible at the same reference cost as PTO generators. However, analysis by the Irish Farmers Journal showed the disparity between costs of PTO generators and petrol/diesel generators, with the net result being that a 40% grant rate would only equate to a 11-13% grant for petrol/diesel generators.

Woodchippers were the second most popular item in lieu of storm damage, with 363 applications submitted, accounting for 15% of applications. An upsurge of interest in wood chippers had arisen before this due to the banning of burning of green waste. A total of 184 ground mulchers, made up of a mix of trailed and mounted, were also applied for, while the remaining 523 applications consisted of a mixture of bovine electric fencing (including solar fencing units), gateways, equine fencing and sheep fencing, both hill and lowland.