Noise Quality

The Environmental Protection Agency (Noise) Regulations 1994 enable any person to make a complaint to the District Court regarding noise pollution, which can be defined as noise, which gives reasonable cause for annoyance. Complaints may also be made by the Environmental Protection Agency or by the local authority.

Firstly a complainant must give notice to the person making the noise of the intention to make a formal complaint to the District Court and then he/she must serve a notice on the alleged offender that a complaint is being made at least 7 day in advance of the complaint being made to the Court. The District Court will hear both sides of a complaint and where it finds in favour of the complainant it can order the person or body making the noise to reduce it to a specific level, to limit it e.g. to specified times, or to stop it altogether.

The EPA website has comprehensive information on Noise issues and how to deal with various noise related problems. See Section on Noise Nuisance in particular if intending to take a noise complaint to the District Court: EPA website.

Guide to Noise Regulations - PDF (2,300 KB)