Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 1 October 2013
428. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the level of compliance with European Union directives within his ministerial areas of responsibility; the current fines resulting from non-compliance and potential fines resulting from non-compliance to which the State is or may be exposed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40631/13]
View answerAt any given time my Department is engaged in transposing a number of EU Directives. There are currently no cases where fines have been sought or are being paid resulting from non-compliance with EU Directives nor are there any cases which have been referred to the European Court of Justice for in this regard. There is one infringement case in my Department concerning transposition of Directive 2009/72/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 concerning common rules for the internal market in electricity and repealing Directive 2003/54/EC. While the European Commission has issued a Reasoned Opinion on this case, the Department is in dialogue with the Attorney General's Office on how best to proceed to ensure full compliance with the Directive.
