Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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165. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department, or the agencies that report to his Department, entered into any non-disclosure or confidentiality agreements with any organisation due to court action or a threatened court action; and if so, the persons or groups with which these agreements exist. [37628/16]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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I am assuming that the Deputy is referring to non-disclosure or confidentiality agreements which govern the ongoing relationship between my Department or the agencies which report to my Department and other organisations.

There are no ongoing non-disclosure or confidentiality agreements between my Department with any organisations arising from court action or threatened court action. In the time available it has not been possible to ascertain the position with regard to all agencies which report to my Department, but no such agreements have been identified at this point. I will revert to the Deputy confirming whether any such agreements have been entered into as soon as the information is to hand.

It would not be unusual for the terms of individual settlement agreements in respect of discrete court actions to be subject to confidentiality agreements as to their terms. Such settlements are not collated and information in relation to all such agreements is therefore not currently available.