Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 107: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is the subject of enforcement proceedings for the non-transposition of EU directives into Irish law; if he has received any reasoned opinions from the EU Commission on the transposition of directives; if so, for which directives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29065/07]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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As I stated in my reply to a similar question by the Deputy on 6th November 2007, my Department does not as a rule have responsibility for transposing EU Directives into Irish law. Currently, there are no EU Directives awaiting incorporation into Irish law in my Department.

However, in the context of the Department of Foreign Affairs' overall coordinating role in relation to EU matters, it is the current practice that letters from the Commission, including those transmitting Reasoned Opinions, are addressed in the first instance to me as Minister for Foreign Affairs via the Permanent Representation in Brussels. My Department transmits all such letters to the Department which is responsible for the transposition of the measure concerned.