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Tuesday, 16 April 2024

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

EU Directives

Photo of Peadar TóibínPeadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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135. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of times Ireland has been fined by the EU for delays in implementing EU Directives and for breaches of EU legislation, respectively; the nature of each fine; and the total financial value of each for each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [16037/24]

Photo of Micheál MartinMicheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Since 2012, the European Court of Justice has found against Ireland in six infringement cases where financial penalties have been levied as follows -

Country Total
AUSTRALIA 512
AUSTRIA 12
BELGIUM 22
BELIZE 1
BULGARIA 7
CANADA 270
CAYMAN ISLANDS 1
CHANNEL ISLANDS 7
CHINA 1
CYPRUS 9
CZECH REPUBLIC 25
DENMARK 18
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 1
ESTONIA 9
FINLAND 3
FRANCE 115
GERMANY 131
GREECE 8
HONG KONG 1
HUNGARY 15
INDIA 4
INDONESIA 1
ISRAEL 3
ITALY 21
JAPAN 1
JERSEY 3
KENYA 1
LATVIA 30
LITHUANIA 59
LUXEMBOURG 5
MALAYSIA 2
MALTA 8
MEXICO 2
MOROCCO 1
NETHERLANDS 45
NEW ZEALAND 20
NORFOLK ISLAND 1
NORWAY 8
PHILIPPINES 8
POLAND 90
PORTUGAL 38
ROMANIA 5
SERBIA 1
SLOVAKIA 17
SOUTH AFRICA 15
SPAIN 241
SWEDEN 9
SWITZERLAND 16
THAILAND 9
TUNISIA 2
TURKEY 3
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 1
UNITED KINGDOM (incl. Northern Ireland) 3668
USA 720
VIETNAM 2
Total 6228

Responsibility for these cases rests with the relevant Ministers and their Departments.

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