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Order of Business. (6 Apr 2006)

Joe Costello: The point is the Dáil is rising for two weeks.

Order of Business. (6 Apr 2006)

Joe Costello: There are no other ways.

Order of Business. (6 Apr 2006)

Joe Costello: It will appear in the media in some format, so it would be better if the House——

Order of Business. (6 Apr 2006)

Joe Costello: That is what this House of Parliament is for.

Order of Business. (6 Apr 2006)

Joe Costello: Perhaps the Tánaiste would like to reply.

Order of Business. (6 Apr 2006)

Joe Costello: May I ask a question on legislation?

Order of Business. (6 Apr 2006)

Joe Costello: Is there any requirement for legislation on the project once the decision is made?

Registration of Deeds and Title Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (6 Apr 2006)

Joe Costello: When does the Minister of State envisage that the commencement orders will be brought into operation?

Registration of Deeds and Title Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (6 Apr 2006)

Joe Costello: What does "as soon as possible" mean? Does it mean weeks or months?

Registration of Deeds and Title Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (6 Apr 2006)

Joe Costello: I ask because this legislation envisages a new dispensation in terms of the registration of deeds and titles to make it more accessible and to make conveyancing easier. What equipment, resources and personnel recruitment will be required to implement the legislation? Has it been put in train or are we awaiting the legislation to be passed before we put in place the necessary equipment and...

Registration of Deeds and Title Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (6 Apr 2006)

Joe Costello: We recently passed the Garda Síochána Bill and the ombudsman commission is supposedly up and running. However, there are hitches regarding a number of matters which I do not want to go into and it does not seem we will have an effective ombudsman commission for 12 or 18 months. The Private Security Services Bill was published in 2001 and was passed in 2004. The Minister eventually appointed...

Registration of Deeds and Title Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (6 Apr 2006)

Joe Costello: I move amendment No. 4: In page 7, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following: 3.—Part 3 of this Act shall cease to apply to the registration of new deeds as and from the date on which the Act of 1964 is applied by the Minister so as to require compulsory registration of title throughout this State.". This is not unrelated to what we were discussing. I am concerned that despite the...

Registration of Deeds and Title Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (6 Apr 2006)

Joe Costello: The Minister of State is passing the legislation. Implementing it is a horse of a different colour.

Registration of Deeds and Title Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (6 Apr 2006)

Joe Costello: A gap since 1964 is not a great track record.

Registration of Deeds and Title Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (6 Apr 2006)

Joe Costello: Longford, Roscommon, Westmeath sounds more like a song than a registration process. When did the Minister initiate that compulsory registration and when is it envisaged that it will be complete? What is the next set of counties to be affected? Will they be taken, not two by two like the animals entering Noah's Ark, but three by three ad infinitum?

Registration of Deeds and Title Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (6 Apr 2006)

Joe Costello: I do not wish to delay the debate but——

Registration of Deeds and Title Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (6 Apr 2006)

Joe Costello: I will be brief. This underlines what we have been saying from the outset about this legislation. We want to know when the commencement takes place and the authority is up and running, what resources and personnel will be available to it, whether timescales are envisaged and the work is mapped out. Have the resources been earmarked and obtained from the Minister for Finance to do this? It is...

Registration of Deeds and Title Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (6 Apr 2006)

Joe Costello: I move amendment No. 13: In page 11, between lines 35 and 36, to insert the following: "(14) Without prejudice to subsection (12), a cesser under subsection (13)(a) or (c) by virtue of an order of a court shall not operate until the ordinary time for appeal has expired, or until the final determination of any appeal lodged during such time, whichever last occurs.". This amendment is related...

Registration of Deeds and Title Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (6 Apr 2006)

Joe Costello: It is not sufficient to simply say that this is a standard provision. What does this mean? There could be standard provisions in legislation which new legislation will update. The fact that a standard provision has existed in previous legislation does not mean it has an aura of absolute correctness. Such provision can be examined as much as any other provision. If it is not a proper...

Registration of Deeds and Title Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (6 Apr 2006)

Joe Costello: The motto of the Progressive Democrats was to be radical or redundant and to move out into new ground and avoid standard provisions. I still believe the only argument for retaining this provision is that it is a standard provision. It has no merit in its own right.