Charles Flanagan (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Question 188: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if, in relation to EU Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1997 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora, he is satisfied that this State complied with regulations which obliged Member States to bring into force laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with the directive within two years of its notification; if appropriate deadlines were met in respect of the provision of national legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30369/07]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 was transposed into Irish law by the European Communities (Natural Habitats) Regulations, 1997 (S.I. No. 94/1997), made by the then Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht on 26 February 1997. I am fully aware of the importance of timely transposition of EU environmental legislation, some 200 items of which, including more than 140 Directives, have by now been transposed in this country.