I 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.