Eamon Scanlon (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail)

I seek the support of the Minister in the Department of housing and local government to increase the number of personnel and improve efficiency in Tailte Éireann, formerly the Land Registry. There is total frustration as to how it is currently handling dealings. I have received numerous complaints from constituents and those in the legal profession regarding significant delays, some exceeding three years, in the registration of properties. Previously, once a dealing was lodged, it went through all departments, and any errors or omissions were highlighted and returned in one correspondence to the lodging party to be amended before being resubmitted. Tailte Éireann’s current practice appears to be to send dealings to the first department, and if an error is identified, the dealings are immediately returned for amendment before forwarding them to the next department. As a result, a dealing can be returned several times without explanation, leading to huge delays. Tailte Éireann can take an untold amount of time to deal with applications, and if a lodging solicitor has only 28 days to respond, a lot could be done to improve the system and provide a lot more information-----

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