Ivor Callely (Dublin North Central, Fianna Fail)
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Consideration of the necessary legislation to transpose EU Directive 2002/15/EC is at an advanced stage. The advice of the Office of the Attorney General is currently being sought on whether the transposition can take place by way of secondary legislation under the European Communities Acts or whether primary legislation is required. As soon as the outcome of these legal consultations is known my Department will be in a position to estimate how long it will take to complete the necessary transposition process.

Ivor Callely (Dublin North Central, Fianna Fail)
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Directive 2002/85/EC extends the existing EU requirement for speed limiters to be fitted and used in certain large goods and passenger vehicles to vehicles with more than eight passenger seats and to goods vehicles with a design gross vehicle weight exceeding 3,500 kg. The directive was required to be transposed into national law by 1 January 2005. My Department is working to put in place the necessary organisational and administrative arrangements for the effective implementation of the directive. The arrangements include the designation of an approval authority for the appointment and supervision of persons authorised to install and seal speed limiters in motor vehicles. It is my intention to make the regulations to transpose the directive into Irish law as soon as these arrangements are finalised.