Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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377. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the three European Union procurement directives due to be enacted into Irish law by April 2016 have been implemented; the progress of their implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21574/15]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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On 28 March, 2014, the European Commission published three new Directives as a collective reform of the existing EU regime for public procurement under the existing provisions of Directive 2004/17/EU - coordinating the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors and Directive 2004/18/EU - on the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts. 

The three new Directives, including the Directive referred to by the Deputy are:

- 2014/23/EU - on the award of concession contracts

- 2014/24/EU- on public procurement and repealing Directive 2004/18/EU

- 2014/25/EU - on procurement by entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors and repealing Directive 2004/17/EC

The three Directives are required to be transposed into national law by all EU Member States by April 2016.  In this regard, the Office of Government Procurement, which is under the aegis of my Department, is progressing the process of transposition into Irish law to meet the April 2016 deadline and I intend to ensure that Directive 2014/24/EU  is transposed into national law by the end of this year.