Cross-Border Co-operation

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 8 June 2016

Wednesday, 8 June 2016

Questions (291)

Peadar Tóibín

Question:

291. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the State bodies under his remit which have developed memoranda of understanding with his 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 memorandums of understanding; the details of the cost-benefit analysis; and the new memoranda of understanding he will be creating between State bodies under their remit through the lifetime of this Government. [14288/16]

Written answers

Minister for Social Protection

The statutory bodies operating under the aegis of the Department of Social Protection are the Citizens Information Board, the Pensions Authority, the Pensions Council, the Pensions Ombudsman and the Social Welfare Tribunal.

None of the bodies under the aegis of my Department have developed Memoranda of Understanding with my counterpart in Northern Ireland nor has any cost-benefit analysis been carried out in that regard. There are no plans, at this time, to develop any such Memoranda of Understanding through the life-time of this Government.