Liam Quaide (Cork East, Social Democrats)
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170. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the financial penalties, including lump sum payments and daily fines, for failing to transpose EU Directives into national law for each of the years 2020 to 2024 respectively, outlining the EU Directive being infringed, the Department responsible and the total amount of the fine, in tabular form. [21816/25]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Over Ireland’s 50 years of EU membership, approximately 4,000 Directives have been transposed into Irish law. The vast majority are transposed on time, usually two years following publication. However, where this does not happen, the European Commission can open infringement proceedings against Ireland. Most infringements are resolved (once transposition is completed) at the initial stages of the infringement proceedings (Letter of Formal Notice or Reasoned Opinion). Where this does not occur, the European Commission can refer Ireland to the Court of Justice of the European Union for non/incomplete transposition. From 2020 to 2024, respectively, the Court of Justice of the European Union has found against Ireland in three infringement cases where financial penalties have been levied, reflected in the following table:

• 2020 – Department of Justice – Directive 15/849 (4th Anti Money Laundering Directive) - €2,000,000 lump sum

• 2024 - Department of Tourism, Culture Arts Gaeltacht Sport & Media – Directive 2018/1808 (the Audiovisual Media Services Directive) - €2,500,000 lump sum and €10,000 daily fines

• 2024 – Department of Environment Climate & Communications – Directive 2018/1972 (European Electronic Communications Code (Recast) Directive) – €4.5 million lump sum