Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 29: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps that have been taken to transpose the Environmental Liability Directive into Irish law to hold operators who cause damage to the environment financially liable for remedying the damage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8037/08]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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My Department has prepared a Screening Regulatory Impact Analysis on the options for transposing the EU Environmental Liability Directive. This document is available on my Department's website (www.environ.ie), and the views of interested parties have been sought on it. These views have now been received and assessed.

Preparatory work on drafting the legal instrument for transposing the Directive is underway in consultation with the Office of the Attorney General. I will publish the draft instrument for public consultation as soon as possible.