260. Deputy Seán Conlan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will liaise with the Department of Social Protection and the Office of Public Works to ensure the social protection jobs are retained (details supplied) in Ballybay, County Monaghan; if he will ensure that Ballybay, as a rural town, does not suffer a wholly unnecessary blow with the loss of the second largest employer in the town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10116/15]

My Department has no statutory responsibility for the issues raised in this matter.