The current position in relation to the transposition of EU directives for which my Department is responsible indicates a total of 22 directives to be implemented, including six for which the deadline for implementation, in full or in part, has passed. Details of the directives, including, in as far as it has been decided, the proposed transposition instruments, are available on my Department's website at www.entemp.ie/trade/eudirectives. The website also contains information on directives in respect of which infringement proceedings have been commenced. A number of these directives have been transposed but are still the subject of legal proceedings by the EU Commission.
With regard to one of the directives that has not yet been transposed and for which the deadline has passed, a letter of formal notice under Article 226 of the treaty has been issued by the European Commission. In the case of another three of the directives for which the deadline for implementation has also passed, reasoned opinions have been issued by the Commission. To date this year a total of seven directives have been transposed. I am satisfied that my Department is giving all due priority to the task of implementing EU directives in light of the available resources.
