Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)

Arising from this ruling, the then Government sought to do something about the matter; it promised the European Commission and the European Court of Justice that by the end of 2010 it would introduce a system to comply with the ruling. Otherwise we would be paying a fine of €26,000 a day or an annual fee of €9.7 million.

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