Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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1396. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the order under which his Department is holding payments for a person (details supplied). [41669/16]

Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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1397. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a previous reply in relation to a parliamentary question (details supplied) is incorrect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41670/16]

Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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1398. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has an obligation to the bank and its representatives in relation to the case of a person (details supplied); if not, the reason his departmental officials were informing the banks of the different schemes which the person had entered into since their agreement with the bank despite having not been given authorisation by the person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41671/16]

Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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1399. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when his Department will release payments in respect of a person (details supplied) which are due to them in view of the fact his Department does not have the authority to hold back these payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41672/16]

Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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1400. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his departmental officials were in contact, as per a telephone call with a bank's solicitor, to see if another court order had been put in place in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41673/16]

Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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1401. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason moneys were held from a person (details supplied) when his Department was aware that a court order in relation to the person was out of date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41674/16]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 1396 to 1401, inclusive, together.

My Department is complying with the terms of Orders of the High Court dated 19th November 2012 and 19th December 2016 in respect of the person named. A Court Order has been in place since 19th November 2012 and remains in place today. There are no Court Orders which went out of date for the person named.

The most recent information which my Department had at the time when I replied to the question referred to by the Deputy was that the plaintiff intended bringing an application before the Court on 24th October 2016 but my Department was subsequently informed that this application did not proceed on that date.

The Orders specified a range of schemes from which payments should be diverted to the plaintiff. However, the plaintiff has reached an agreement with the person named to only take specified payments from the Single Payment and Basic Payment schemes and that all other payments be issued directly to the person named.

My Department is obliged to comply with the terms of the Court Orders. My officials made contact with the plaintiff's solicitors for the purposes of clarifying the terms of the Order. The Court amendments on 19th December 2016, and the agreement reached between the parties, form part of this clarification. Failure to comply with the terms of a Court Order would be a contempt of court.