Written answers
Tuesday, 12 May 2009
Department of Foreign Affairs
Legislative Programme
8:00 pm
John O'Mahony (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 289: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the title of each Bill sponsored by him which was passed by the Houses of the Oireachtas and subsequently signed into law in respect of each of the years 2004 to 2008 and to date in 2009; if, in each case, it was drafted and passed in order to give effect to a directive from the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18851/09]
Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Details of all Bills brought forward by my Department since 2004 and subsequently enacted, are listed in tabular form below, with an indication of whether they were drafted and passed to give effect to an EU Directive. It should be noted that in 2009 to date, no legislation has been brought forward by my Department. As the Deputy will be aware, more detailed information on all pieces of legislation is available on the Oireachtas website www.oireachtas.ie .
Title of Act | Drafted and passed in order to give effect to an EU Directive |
Cluster Munitions and Anti-Personnel Mines Act 2008 | No |
Passports Act 2008 | No |
European Communities Act 2007 | The legislation made changes to the way EU measures are transposed into domestic law, but did not relate to any particular EU Directive. |
European Communities(Amendment) Act 2006 | The legislation was required to give effect to the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union, but did not relate to any particular EU Directive. |
British–Irish Agreement (Amendment) Act 2006 | No |
Diplomatic Relations and Immunities (Amendment)Act 2006 | No |
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