Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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320. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when Ireland will be in compliance with the +water framework directive. [44914/23]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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321. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the EU directives relating to his own Department that Ireland is not in compliance with, and his timelines to ensure we do comply, in tabular form, by directive name and expected date of compliance., [44916/23]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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My Department continues to put in place the necessary measures to ensure the full transposition, implementation and enforcement of EU environmental law in Ireland.

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has handed down judgments in the following cases in respect of non-compliance with the Directives specified below which relate to my Department:

Further detail in relation to the all three cases are available on CURIA - Home - Court of Justice of the European Union (europa.eu).

Due to the complexities involved it is difficult to give definitive timelines of when cases can be progressed to closure. However, my Department is in regular communication with the Commission, providing updates on legislative developments and actions to resolve matters as quickly as possible.

Separately, and for completeness, the European Commission identifies possible infringements of EU legislation on the basis of its own investigations or following complaints from citizens, businesses or other stakeholders. Further information on the infringement process, including information on Commission decisions is available:commission.europa.eu/law/application-eu-law/implementing-eu-law/infringement-procedure_en#:~:text=Infringement%20procedure%20According%20to%20the%20EU%20treaties%2C%20the,Court%20of%20Justice%2C%20which%20can%20impose%20financial%20sanctions.

In areas for which my Department has responsibility, the European Commission is currently in correspondence in respect of 5 open infringement cases relating to transposition and implementation of EU environmental legislation. The following table lists the directives involved and the stage of proceedings in respect of these cases.