Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 14 December 2022
60. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of all fines, including the amounts, that his Department or agencies under the remit of his Department, have paid since the start of the 33rd Dáil term to the European Commission relating to cases for infringements of European Union law or failure to transpose EU law in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62426/22]
View answerI wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has not incurred any EU Fines for failure to transpose EU Directives during the period specified. This is also the position for the bodies under the aegis of my Department.
My Department has received a notification of infringement from the Commission related to the transposition of Directive (EU) 2019/1937 on the protection or persons who report breaches of EU law. At the time the notification was received, the Protected Disclosure (Amendment) Bill, which would give effect to the transposition, had been published and was before the Houses of the Oireachtas.
Since the receipt of the notification, the Bill has completed passage through the Oireachtas and was signed into law by the President as the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Act, 2022 on 21 July, 2022. Following enactment, my Department has formally communicated the passage of the transposing legislation to the Commission. The new legislation will commence in full on 1 January, 2023.
