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 There are no Court Orders which went out of date for the person named.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.