Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 14 January 2015
264. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of submissions received following the consultation on the implementation of EU Directive on Consumer Alternative Dispute Resolution and the EU Regulation on the Consumer Online Dispute Resolution; if he will issue a report on the submissions received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1607/15]
View answer265. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the EU Directive on Consumer Alternative Dispute Resolution and the EU Regulation on the Consumer Online Dispute Resolution will be transposed into Irish law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1608/15]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 264 and 265 together.
EU Directive 2013/11/EU on alternative dispute resolution for consumer disputes must be transposed into national law by Member States by 9 July 2015 while Regulation (EU) No 524/2013 on online dispute resolution for consumer disputes is directly applicable from 9 January 2016. Work on the transposition of the Directive is proceeding in my Department at present to ensure that the relevant transposition deadline is met as well as on the legal instruments to lay-down sanctions, etc. as required by the Regulation on online dispute resolution for consumer disputes. It is intended that both of these measures will be done by way of secondary legislation.
My Department undertook a public consultation process in June 2014 on how the EU Directive on alternative dispute resolution for consumer disputes might be applied in Ireland. Fourteen responses from a variety of interested parties were received. The contents of these submissions will form an input into what arrangements might be put in place to make alternative dispute resolution procedures available to consumers when the transposition process has concluded. There are no plans to issue a report on the contents of these submissions.
