Tom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael)

I will speak to the Minister on it in greater detail at some other time. I feel strongly about it.

Some people must deal with registration of title more than once or twice in their lifetime. Many people register their house or land. I inherited a family farm and one of the matters that most frustrated me was the length of time it took to go through the registration process and transfer the land from father to son. If this Bill and computerisation help to change that, then they are welcome.

Many land owners are frustrated because they must wait for such a long time. We all attend constituency clinics regularly. Solicitors approach their clients who in turn approach us to speed up the process of title registration. At times, when we make a representation through a parliamentary question, it comes through rapidly and I acknowledge that. However, it is not good enough that people must involve politicians to speed up a normal procedure for which they pay large amounts to solicitors. If this Bill puts something in place to deal with that, it is welcome.

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