Thomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The witnesses' submission notes issues such as right of way, extensions without planning permission, boundary issues, septic tanks outside the boundary and planning permission issue represent 85%, 80%, 65% and 61% of issues.. They could all be sorted out initially before a property could be put on the market but the Law Society states that if I am buyer, I have to verify that those are correct and that they have been done. That is where the delays are coming in the process. If those were done beforehand and presented to one's solicitor, at least then one knows that something has been done. It could, however, still be falsified at some stage by somebody. There seems to be a delay in the bank's release of the deeds or deeds not being available to the vending solicitor and the issue of deeds seems to be causing more of the problems or delays as well. That could be dealt with by the solicitor. The information presented in the package and given to the solicitor still needs to be verified as correct by the solicitor. Is that right?