Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 1 October 2013
486. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 940 of 18 September, if he will list the various EU regulations against which Ireland was facing infringement cases in March 2011, and the 12 at the beginning of 2013 and if he will identify which nine are remaining. [41105/13]
View answerAs of March 2011, the EU legislation in respect of which the 19 infringement cases were taken against Ireland by the European Commission is as set out in Table 1 below.
Table 1 – Infringement Cases as at March 2011
|
Case Reference |
EU Legislation |
|
C-183/05 |
Directive 92/43/EEC (Habitats Directive) – Transposition Issues |
|
C-418/04 |
Directive 79/409/EEC (Wild Birds Directive) – Implementation Issues |
|
C-215/06 |
Directive 85/337/EEC (Environmental Impact Assessment Directive) – Retention Permission |
|
C-66/06 |
Directive 97/11/EC (Environmental Impact Assessment Directive) – On-Farm Developments |
|
C-50/09 |
Directive 85/337/EEC (Environmental Impact Assessment Directive) – Split-Decision Making |
|
C-494/01 |
Directive 75/442/EEC (Waste Framework Directive) – Waste Disposal Arrangements |
|
C-248/05 |
Directive 80/68/EEC (Groundwater Directive) – Pollution Issues |
|
C-316/06 |
Directive 91/271/EEC (Urban Waste Water Directive) - Urban Waste Water Treatment Arrangements |
|
C-188/08 |
Directive 75/442/EEC (Waste Framework Directive) – Inspection of Septic Tanks |
|
2011/0198 |
Directive 2008/99/EC (Protection of the Environment through Criminal Law Directive) – Non Transposition |
|
2011/0471 |
Directive 2009/30/EC (Fuel Quality Directive) – Non Transposition |
|
2010/0512 |
Directive 2008/50/EC (Ambient Air Quality and Cleaner Air for Europe Directive) – Non Transposition |
|
2008/2070 |
Directive 1996/61/EC (Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control Directive) – Permitting Arrangements |
|
2007/2503 |
Directive 2002/96/EC (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive) – Transposition Issues |
|
2010/2161 |
Directive 92/43/EEC (Habitats Directive) – Implementation Issues |
|
2001/5176 |
Directive 92/43/EEC (Habitats Directive) – Implementation Issues |
|
2011/0197 |
Directive 2008/98/EC (Waste Framework Directive) – Non Transposition |
|
2010/0672 |
Directive 2008/56/EC (Marine Strategy Framework Directive) – Non Transposition |
|
2007/2238 |
Directive 2000/60/EC (Water Framework Directive) – Transposition Issues |
As of 1 January 2013, the EU legislation in respect of which 12 infringement cases were outstanding against Ireland by the European Commission is as set out in Table 2 below. Those three infringement cases marked with an asterisk were closed between 1 January and 18 September 2013.
Table 2 – Infringement Cases as at 1 January 2013
|
Case Reference |
EU Legislation |
|
C-158/12 |
Directive 1996/61/EC (Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control Directive) – Permitting Arrangements |
|
C-66/06 * |
Directive 97/11/EC (Environmental Impact Assessment Directive) – On-Farm Developments |
|
C-188/08 * |
Directive 75/442/EEC (Waste Framework Directive) – Inspection of Septic Tanks |
|
C-215/06 |
Directive 85/337/EEC (Environmental Impact Assessment Directive) – Retention Permission |
|
C-50/09 * |
Directive 85/337/EEC (Environmental Impact Assessment Directive) – Split-Decision Making |
|
C-494/01 |
Directive 75/442/EEC (Waste Framework Directive) – Waste Disposal Arrangements |
|
C-316/06 |
Directive 91/271/EEC (Urban Waste Water Directive) – Urban Waste Water Treatment Arrangements |
|
C-418/04 |
Directive 79/409/EEC (Wild Birds Directive) – Implementation Issues |
|
2011/0834 |
Directive 2009/31/EC (Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide) – Non Transposition |
|
2012/4028 |
Directive 2003/35/EC (Public Participation in Decision Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters) – Implementation Issues |
|
2007/2238 |
Directive 2000/60/EC (Water Framework Directive) – Transposition Issues |
|
2010/2161 |
Directive 92/43/EEC (Habitats Directive) – Enforcement Issues |
