Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Amendments Nos. 128 to 130, inclusive, are drafting amendments designed to allow for service of notices by ordinary prepaid letter rather than by registered prepaid letter as currently required by section 129. This change has been suggested by legal practitioners to address difficulties in using registered post effectively. It is the experience of many solicitors that up to 50% of this post is not delivered. The single largest reason is "not called for". Other reasons include "refused" or "gone away". Ex parte applications are expensive and time-consuming to follow up on. In Northern Ireland such service of documents is now conducted via first class post.