Mary Upton (Dublin South Central, Labour)
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Question 90: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of EU Directives for which she has responsibility remaining to be implemented; if she will list the directives that are overdue; the number of reasoned opinions received from the EU Commission since 2002 regarding delays or non-implementation of such directives; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44617/09]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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There are currently a total of 11 EU Directives due to be transposed by my Department up to 2012. One of these Directives is currently overdue, namely Directive 2006/43/EC on statutory audits of annual and consolidated accounts. My Department aims to transpose this Directive by 31 December 2009.

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 one of the outstanding issues has been settled satisfactorily. The remaining issues concern Directive 2006/43 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.