Eoghan Murphy (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 178: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce regulations or laws to allow gardaí enter a premises in which an alarm has been sounding continuously to deactivate said alarm. [19346/11]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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The Programme for Government includes a commitment to address noise pollution through the introduction of fixed payment notices (also known as on the spot fines) and provision for mediation between neighbours. The development of new noise legislation by my Department will be considered in the context of this commitment. As indicated in the Government Legislation Programme published on 5 April 2011, it is not possible at this time to indicate when the legislation will be published.

The current position is that all external alarms installed on premises after 1 August 2006 must comply with the current Irish Standard - IS EN50131. This standard specifies a maximum duration of 15 minutes for the sounding of external alarms on buildings.