Fiona O'Malley (Dún Laoghaire, Progressive Democrats)

I welcome this Bill. It tidies and updates our legislation, which is always important. A matter which might arise on Committee Stage is that it is becoming increasingly obvious that local authorities have not secured title to particular pieces of land. What provisions are in the Bill to secure such titles, which everybody for many years, including the local authorities, assumed were vested in the local authorities? There is an ongoing case in Leopardstown in my constituency. More recently a similar type of issue arose in Dublin city centre with regard to Dartmouth Square, although I am not sure if the circumstances are the same.

In Leopardstown and throughout the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown local authority area there are many sites where title was not secured. How can we streamline matters for local authorities, in the public interest, to ensure that lands intended to be ceded were, in fact, ceded? Will there be an opportunity to discuss this on Committee Stage? I was anxious to mention this matter on Second Stage so we might be able to deal with it on Committee Stage. I am grateful for the opportunity to do so.

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