Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)

We do not want title deeds handed over in court and it is not reasonable to ask persons to produce evidence of their title deeds because that would necessitate persons going to building societies or solicitors' firms and the searching of safes for these documents. This deals with instances where, for instance, a person has a joint account or something that is not real property, about which the court could ask for a bank manager's or building society manager's letter stating that the person is the owner of the account concerned.

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