Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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512. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total number and amount raised in noise pollution fines in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014. [29319/14]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Under section 108 of the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992, where any noise is so loud, so continuous, so repeated, of such duration or pitch or occurring at such times as to give reasonable cause for annoyance, then it is open to any person, or group of persons, to bring a complaint to the District Court. The Court may order the person or body making, causing or responsible for the noise to take the measures necessary to reduce the noise to a specified level or to take specified measures for the prevention or limitation of the noise and the person or body concerned must comply with that order.

Details of the outcome of noise related cases before the Courts, including any fines imposed, are not collected by my Department.