Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of EU directives, for which her Department has responsibility, that remain to be implemented; the directives that are overdue; the number of reasoned opinions received from the European Commission since 2002 to date in 2009 regarding delays or non-implementation of such directives; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7278/09]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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There are currently a total of eight Directives due to be transposed by my Department up to 2012. Two of these Directives are currently overdue. The first of these, 2006/46/EC on company reporting, is expected to be transposed by 30 April 2009, while Directive 2006/43/EC on statutory audits of annual and consolidated accounts should be transposed by 31 May 2009. Full details on the state of play of all current EU Directives are maintained on the Department's website, www.entemp.ie.

My Department has received 25 Reasoned Opinions from the European Commission relating to Directives since 2002. The outstanding issues concerning all of these Reasoned Opinions have been resolved satisfactorily, with the exception of Directive 2006/43/EC which, as I have said, is expected to be transposed on 31 May 2009. The transposition of EU Directives is an ongoing priority in my Department.