Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)
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Question 45: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of EU directives for which her Department has responsibility remaining to be implemented; the directives that are overdue; the number of reasoned opinions received from the EU 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. [41074/09]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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There are currently a total of 10 EU Directives due to be transposed by my Department up to 2012. Three of these Directives are currently overdue, namely Directive 2008/47/EC on aerosol dispensers, Directive 2006/43/EC on statutory audits of annual and consolidated accounts and Directive 2006/46/EC on company reporting. My Department aims to transpose these Directives by 13 November, 30 November and 31 December 2009 respectively.

Full details on the state of play of all current EU Directives due for transposition are maintained on the Department's website, www.entemp.ie.

My Department has received 26 Reasoned Opinions from the European Commission relating to Directives since 2002. All but two of the outstanding issues have been settled satisfactorily. The remaining issues concern the two Directives 2006/43 and 2006/46 as mentioned above.

The transposition of EU Directives is an ongoing priority in my Department and is reported to the Management Board on a regular basis.