Tom Parlon (Laois-Offaly, Progressive Democrats)

The Minister agreed on Committee Stage that the property registration authority should, in principle, be subject to the Freedom of Information Act 1997 in the same manner as the Land Registry and Registry of Deeds. However, instead of amending the primary legislation as proposed in the amendment, it is intended to include the authority in a set of regulations currently being drawn up by the Department of Finance that will extend the application of the 1997 Act.

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