John O'Mahony (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 443: To ask the Minister for Education and Science 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. [18847/09]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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The Minister for Education & Science has sponsored the following legislation in the 2004-2009 period which was subsequently passed by the Houses of the Oireachtas and signed into law by the President - Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 (No. 30/2004) Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (Amendment) Act 2005 (No. 17/2005) Grangegorman Development Agency Act 2005 (No. 21/2005) University College Galway (Amendment) Act 2006 (No. 1/2006) Teaching Council (Amendment) Act 2006 (No. 2/2006) Institutes of Technology Act 2006 (No. 25/2006) Education (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007 (No. 9/2007)

None of these Acts were required by Ireland's EU obligations. The European Communities Acts 1972-2007 is the principal legal instrument through which Ministers make statutory Instruments to give effect to EU Directives on various matters. In the education sector this has largely related to the transposition of Qualifications Directives. During the period 2004-2009 the Recognition of Professional Qualifications Directive (2005/36/EC) Regulations 2008 (S.I. No. 139/2008) were made to give effect to Council Directive Council Directive No. 2005/36/EEC of 7 September 2005, Council Directive No 2006/100/EC of 20 November 2006, Article 24 of Council Directive 2004/38/EC of 29 April 2004, and Article 27 of Council Directive 2004/83/EC of 29 April 2004.