Darragh O'Brien
Ceist:395. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10272/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 28 February 2017
Ceisteanna (395)
Freagraí scríofa
My Department is not a party to the case referred to. However, I understand that a request for a preliminary ruling pursuant to Article 267 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union was sought from the Court of Justice of the European Union on a number of points of European law, which had been raised in the case concerned, by Ireland’s Supreme Court by order of 19 December 2014. The judgment of the Court of Justice was made on 27 October 2016 and is available at http://curia.europa.eu/juris/liste.jsf?language=en&jur=C,T,F&num=613/14&td=ALL#. The case remains before the Supreme Court and, as a consequence, is sub judice. In the circumstances, it would be inappropriate for me to comment further in this matter at this point in time.