Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 19 December 2007
390 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the Government will transpose the Environmental Liability Directive; if he has replied to the letter of formal notice issued by the European Commission in June 2007; and if he has received a reasoned opinion from the Commission on this matter. [35718/07]
Amharc ar fhreagraMy Department has prepared a Screening Regulatory Impact Analysis of the options for transposing the Environmental Liability Directive. This document is available on my Department's website (www.environ.ie), and the views of interested parties have been sought on it. Preparatory work on drafting the legal instrument for transposing the Directive is underway and will be informed, inter alia, by the outcome of the consultation process.
A response to the letter of formal notice issued to the European Commission on 26 July 2007. There has been no further correspondence from the Commission.
