Ned O'Keeffe (Cork East, Fianna Fail)
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Question 643: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the regulations on wind farms in relation to noise pollution. [21111/06]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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There are no specific provisions in Regulations within my Department's remit in relation to noise from wind farms. However, I intend shortly to publish revised Planning Guidelines for Wind Energy Development. These Guidelines will, inter alia, provide advice for planning authorities in relation to noise from wind energy developments, including noise issues that could be addressed through the attachment of conditions to planning permission granted for such developments.

Under the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 (Noise) Regulations 1994, a local authority, the Environmental Protection Agency, or any individual or group of individuals, may seek an order in the District Court to have noise that is giving reasonable cause for annoyance abated.