Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour)
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Question 252: To ask the Minister for Transport if regulations exist to control the use of residential estates by driving schools to instruct drivers especially drivers of HGVs; the limitations that apply to noise levels and times in regard to such activities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40758/08]

Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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There are no prohibitions or restrictions applied under road traffic legislation relating to where vehicles may be used in the course of driving instruction.

Permissible sound levels and exhaust systems for motor vehicles are set out in Directive 70/157/EEC, as amended, in relation to the registration and entry into service of new motor vehicles in the European Union.

Vehicle in-service standards are specified in the Road Traffic (Construction, Equipment and Use of Vehicles) Regulations 1963 which require vehicles to be fitted with a silencer or other device to reduce to a reasonable level the noise caused by the escape of exhaust gases from the engine. Article 85 of these Regulations prohibits the use in a public place of a vehicle which causes excessive noise.