Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 24 May 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection

Safe Deposit Boxes and Related Deposits Bill 2022: Discussion

Photo of Donnchadh Ó LaoghaireDonnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I would like to put the question to Mr. Leahy on the number of safety deposit boxes or items. I have another question as well, which might be an issue for the Department of Justice rather than any of the Departments represented today. I am interested in the issue of title deeds, which had not occurred to me previously. Title deeds are not particularly valuable, except to somebody who is trying to perfect title or who is in a situation like that. There might be a substantial amount of people, particularly in the cities where there are large amounts of unregistered properties like Cork and Dublin, for whom those title deeds might be very valuable or useful. If such people are not related or connected to the person who lodged those title deeds, that becomes complicated. Is there potentially a function for the Land Registry and the Department of Justice in terms of reuniting title deeds with people with-----

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