Denne ringerestillelse af sagsøgerne kan ikke begrundes i — f.eks. — den omstændighed, at der ikke eksisterede en irsk gennemførelseslov vedrørende direktiv 1999/70 for perioden forud for den 14. juli 2003, som kunne begrunde de irske arbejdsretlige instansers kompetence.
The fact that the complainants are in a worse position cannot be justified, for example, on the ground that there was no Irish legislation to transpose Direct- ive 1999/70 in place before 14 July 2003 that could have established the jurisdiction of the labour courts, since a Member State cannot rely, as against individuals, on its own failure to transpose a directive. 39