Jim Daly (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of examiners employed at the Property Registration Authority for each of the past five years. [15320/13]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Examiners of Titles and Chief Examiners of Titles are both legally qualified senior professional grades, whose main function is to examine titles presented for first registration and to undertake legally complex casework involving examining unregistered rights and interests. The Chief Examiner of Titles is the reporting grade for Examiner of Titles. In addition to this line management role, Chief Examiners are authorised, under Section 22(7) of the Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006, to make rulings and orders on behalf of the Chief Executive of the Property Registration Authority. Rulings and orders are decisions, relating to applications made to the Authority for registration or other services, set down in a legally formal manner, which in appropriate circumstances may be appealed to the Court.

The number of Chief Examiners of Titles and Examiners of Titles employed by the Property Registration Authority in the past five years and to date in 2013 are set out in the following table:

Chief Examiner of Titles

Examiner of Titles