Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 71: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he has taken to transpose the environmental liability directive into Irish law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10142/09]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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The EU Environmental Liability Directive has been transposed into Irish law by the European Community (Environmental Liability) Regulations 2008, copies of which are available in the Oireachtas library.

While the Regulations transpose all of the Environmental Liability Directive, there are a number of discretionary provisions open to Member States to choose whether or not to adopt. It is my intention to provide for certain discretions in primary legislation later this year.