Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour)

The Taoiseach will be aware that many businesses are closing down in the current economic climate. Many of those businesses are vacating their premises and putting on their alarms. As there is no legislation limiting the length of time an alarm can ring, they are ringing for days on end. A number in my constituency have been ringing for weeks at this point and the Garda is unable to identify the owners of the premises because they have gone into liquidation. When does the Taoiseach intend to introduce the noise nuisance Bill to allow enforcement authorities to prevent, reduce or abate noise nuisance and in particular noise from continuously sounding alarms? Alternatively, he might have a job stimulus to get those companies back into business again.

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