Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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530. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the State bodies under his remit which have developed memoranda of understanding with its counterpart in Northern Ireland with regard to the efficient delivery of services on the island of Ireland; if he has carried out a cost-benefit analysis of the development of further memoranda of understanding; the details of the cost-benefit analysis; and the new memoranda of understanding he will create between State bodies under their remits through the lifetime of the Government. [14275/16]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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There are twelve State Bodies under the aegis of my Department. Of these, Teagasc has a Memorandum of Understanding entitled Scientific Collaboration Agreement with the Agri-Food Bio-Sciences Institute (AFBI), its counterpart in Northern Ireland. There are no current plans for further Memoranda of Understanding between the other State Bodies and their counterparts in Northern Ireland.