Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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Question 88: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number, in respect of EU directives for which his Department has responsibility, remaining to be implemented; the directives that are overdue; the number of reasoned opinions received from the EU Commission since 2002 regarding delays or non-implementation of such directives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31138/07]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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There are currently a total of twelve Directives due to be transposed by my Department up to 2010. None of these Directives is overdue. One Directive is due for transposition by the end of 2007 and eleven further Directives are scheduled to be transposed in 2008 and subsequent years. My Department has received 24 Reasoned Opinions from the European Commission related to Directives since 2002. The outstanding issues concerning all but two of these Directives have been resolved satisfactorily.

Corrective measures are currently being taken in the context of legislation to introduce a public lending right to address a European Court of Justice ruling against Ireland for incorrect transposition of Directive 92/100/EC related to rental rights and lending rights in the field of intellectual property. In that regard, I would hope that the Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Bill 2007 will be enacted before the end of 2007.

On 23 October 2007, twelve Member States, including Ireland, received a Reasoned Opinion concerning the implementation of Council Directive 96/82/EC on the control of major accident hazards involving dangerous substances as amended by Directive 2003/105/EC (known as the Seveso Directive). Measures are being taken to ensure compliance as soon as possible.