Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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In the absence of any other question, I will pose one myself. In Ms McDonald's opening remarks, she indicated that were the Bill not amended, the State could find itself facing infringement proceedings by the European Commission on foot of its failure to properly transpose the directive into Irish law. The deadline for that is more than 12 months past. Have any infringement proceedings been taken against any errant member state? What is the current status? We have looked at some of the international realities but let us take a little snapshot of the situation of the member states. More than 12 months beyond the deadline, how out of kilter are we with other member states in this regard and do we know if the European Commission has applied any pressure across the member states who have not complied as required?