Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 April 2024
135. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs 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]
View answerSince 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.
