Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

One would not get far by saying "it sounded very loud, your Honour". More specific evidence would be needed. Officials from the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government might consider legislation to deal with the issue of noise pollution. We were all young once and we all loved to whizz around in cars, so we should not turn on young people just because we have grown older. We would not have appreciated such an attitude in our day.

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