Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 167: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of European directives and the titles of these directives that have been issued to her Department since Ireland joined the EU; the number of these that have been implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25053/08]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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All EU Directives issued since 1973 relevant to this Department have been transposed and implemented into national legislation with the exception of the following Directives:

Directive 2003/33/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to the advertising and sponsorship of tobacco products (many of the provisions of this Directive are already enacted under previous legislation. In addition, certain elements were under review pending the outcome of a court case which was withdrawn last year);

Commission Directive 2006/141/EC of 22 December 2006 on infant formulae and follow-on formulae and amending Directive 1999/21/EC (the main part of this Directive has been transposed with one other element outstanding) and

Commission Directive 2007/68/EC of 27 November, 2007 amending Annex IIIa to Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards certain food ingredients.

These Directives are being dealt with by my Department and will be transposed as soon as possible. In addition, there are a number of recently issued Directives relevant to my Department that are not yet due for transposition. It is intended that these Directives will be transposed and implemented on time. In view of the volume of Directives involved in the 35 years since 1973, I am not in a position to provide the Deputy with a list of the numbers and titles of those Directives relevant to my Department since that time. However all such Directives are published in the Official Journals of the European Communities.