Eamon Scanlon (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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98. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when county registrars will be appointed in counties Sligo, Leitrim and Roscommon in view of the fact that the positions have been vacant for some time and that the Donegal county registrar must travel to carry out the functions of the office in these counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51578/17]

Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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The Deputy may wish to be aware that, in recent years, the number of serving County Registrars has been reduced as a result of re-organisation and the introduction of efficiency measures by the Courts Service.  Specifically, the reduction has been made possible by reorganising the work of the courts including the establishment of multi-jurisdictional combined court offices which encompassed the transfer of management functions previously exercised by County Registrars to Courts Service management personnel.

The Courts Service has informed me that since December 2009, August 2014 and July 2013 respectively the functions of County Registrar in the counties referenced are being fulfilled as follows:

County Sligo is covered by the County Registrar for Donegal,

County Roscommon is covered by the County Registrar for Mayo,

County Leitrim is covered by the County Registrar for Cavan.  

The Courts Service has confirmed that the County Registrar for Donegal is not assigned to provide County Registrar functions in counties Roscommon and Leitrim and that there are no plans to do so. Additional assistance is provided for the discharge of County Registrar duties in Sligo by the assignment of other County Registrars (other than Donegal) to the county as and when required.

The Courts Service is satisfied that these arrangements are operating satisfactorily and currently there is no requirement and no proposal to recommend the appointment of a full-time County Registrar to the counties of Sligo, Roscommon or Leitrim or any combination thereof.