Ireland has paid over €11m in fines for missing deadlines to incorporate EU directives into law

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) imposed a lump sum penalty in 2020 of €2million on Ireland for the delayed transposition of the 4th Anti-Money Laundering Directive, but that Ireland's completion of transposition prior to the CJEU ruling in July 2020 mitigated daily fines being imposed for any continued non-compliance. File picture

Delays in transposing EU law have led to over €11 million in fines being levied on government departments in recent years.

Under EU law, transposition is the process of incorporating EU directives into the national laws of individual Member States.