Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
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Question 78: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of remaining EU directives for which his Department has responsibility to be implemented; if he will list the directives that are now overdue; if he will give the number of reasoned opinions received from the EU Commission since 2002 regarding delays or non-implementation of such directives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19193/10]

Batt O'Keeffe (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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There are currently a total of 16 EU Directives due to be transposed by my Department up to 2012. Three of these Directives are currently overdue: (i) Directive 2006/43/EC on statutory audits of annual and consolidated accounts (due to be transposed shortly); (ii) Directive 2008/112/EC on classification, labeling and packaging of substances and mixtures (due to be transposed shortly) and (iii) Directive 2006/123/EC on services in the internal market (due to be transposed by mid June 2010).

I have emphasised to officials in my Department the necessity to transpose directives at the earliest opportunity. I have put additional measures in place to ensure that this happens and will be monitoring progress going forward.

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.