Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 January 2017
682. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the obligations on member states to raise public awareness of rights under EU directives once implemented; the steps he is taking to ensure public awareness of rights under EU directives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1939/17]
View answerThe responsibility for transposing EU measures into Irish law rests with those Departments with responsibility for the policy areas covered by those measures.
Consequently, it is the responsibility of each Department, and of relevant agencies, to make the public, including concerned organisations and businesses, aware in an appropriate and timely manner of the implications of EU measures in their respective areas. This is obviously of particular importance where measures create new rights, for example in consumer protection.
