Dan Neville (Limerick West, Fine Gael)
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Question 129: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to implement the [i]droit de suite[/i] EU directive on the resale of art material. [32238/05]

Michael Ahern (Cork East, Fianna Fail)
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In July 2005, the Government approved the drafting of legislation in the form of an intellectual property (miscellaneous provisions) Bill to transpose several European directives in the intellectual property field, including Directive 2001/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 September 2001 on droit de suite, the resale right for the benefit of the author of an original work of art.

Work is continuing on the legal drafting of the Bill which has been referred, for that purpose, to the Parliamentary Counsel. I intend to introduce the Bill at the earliest possible date. On this particular directive, my Department is working on the terms of the necessary legal transposition in consultation with the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism. I expect this will continue in establishing an operational implementation of artists' resale right, or droit de suite, in Ireland.