Written answers
Tuesday, 16 April 2024
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
EU Directives
Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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135. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of times Ireland has been fined by the EU for delays in implementing EU Directives and for breaches of EU legislation, respectively; the nature of each fine; and the total financial value of each for each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [16037/24]
Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Since 2012, the European Court of Justice has found against Ireland in six infringement cases where financial penalties have been levied as follows -
| Country | Total |
|---|---|
| AUSTRALIA | 512 |
| AUSTRIA | 12 |
| BELGIUM | 22 |
| BELIZE | 1 |
| BULGARIA | 7 |
| CANADA | 270 |
| CAYMAN ISLANDS | 1 |
| CHANNEL ISLANDS | 7 |
| CHINA | 1 |
| CYPRUS | 9 |
| CZECH REPUBLIC | 25 |
| DENMARK | 18 |
| DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | 1 |
| ESTONIA | 9 |
| FINLAND | 3 |
| FRANCE | 115 |
| GERMANY | 131 |
| GREECE | 8 |
| HONG KONG | 1 |
| HUNGARY | 15 |
| INDIA | 4 |
| INDONESIA | 1 |
| ISRAEL | 3 |
| ITALY | 21 |
| JAPAN | 1 |
| JERSEY | 3 |
| KENYA | 1 |
| LATVIA | 30 |
| LITHUANIA | 59 |
| LUXEMBOURG | 5 |
| MALAYSIA | 2 |
| MALTA | 8 |
| MEXICO | 2 |
| MOROCCO | 1 |
| NETHERLANDS | 45 |
| NEW ZEALAND | 20 |
| NORFOLK ISLAND | 1 |
| NORWAY | 8 |
| PHILIPPINES | 8 |
| POLAND | 90 |
| PORTUGAL | 38 |
| ROMANIA | 5 |
| SERBIA | 1 |
| SLOVAKIA | 17 |
| SOUTH AFRICA | 15 |
| SPAIN | 241 |
| SWEDEN | 9 |
| SWITZERLAND | 16 |
| THAILAND | 9 |
| TUNISIA | 2 |
| TURKEY | 3 |
| UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | 1 |
| UNITED KINGDOM (incl. Northern Ireland) | 3668 |
| USA | 720 |
| VIETNAM | 2 |
| Total | 6228 |
Responsibility for these cases rests with the relevant Ministers and their Departments.
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