Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 374: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if funding will be made available in budget 2008 for noise amelioration measures, the need for which has been identified during the recent noise mapping exercise by local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24200/07]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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The Environmental Noise Regulations 2006 (S.I. No. 140 of 2006) give effect in Ireland to EU Directive 2002/49/EC relating to the assessment and management of environmental noise. The Environmental Protection Agency is the national authority with overall responsibility for implementing the Regulations. At local level, implementation of strategic mapping requirements is a matter for the relevant noise-mapping bodies designated in Article 6 of the Regulations and any action required on foot of the noise mapping process, including the determination of responsibility for funding such action, is a matter for the action planning authorities designated in Article 7.

Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 375: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the results of the noise mapping undertaken by local authorities will be made available to Deputies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24202/07]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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Under Article 12 of the Environmental Noise Regulations 2006 (S.I. No. 140 of 2006), noise mapping bodies are required to make strategic noise maps 'available to the public and disseminate them by any appropriate means, including through the use of available information technologies'. I expect the maps to be easily available from the websites of the noise mapping bodies.