Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour)

Through whatever perspicacity, the Minister determined no action had been taken for decades in the registration of land and that only counties Carlow, Laois and Meath had been registered. He decided to give us another three, Longford, Roscommon and Westmeath. This relates to compulsory registration. Apart from those counties, none of the remaining 20 has provided for registration, with the exception of occasional registration. A huge backlog of work remains to be done.

What is the situation regarding — I say it with Deputy Morgan present — the 32 counties? Six other counties are part of the whole country.

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