Pádraig O'Sullivan (Cork North-Central, Fianna Fail)
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188. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average length of time it takes to process first registrations in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17840/26]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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Tailte Éireann is an independent Government agency under the aegis of my Department. Tailte Éireann provides a property registration system, property valuation service and national mapping and surveying infrastructure for the State. Under Section 8 of the Tailte Éireann Act 2022, Tailte Éireann is independent in the performance of its functions.

It is understood that it is not possible for Tailte Éireann to provide the information as requested in the required format. Applications for registration of title on the National Land Register, whether for first registration or in relation to registered title, must first meet Tailte Éireann’s minimum requirements to proceed to registration. A significant percentage of applications lodged do not meet the minimum requirements and result in an administrative burden for Tailte Éireann and longer processing times for all applicants.

First Registrations are often complex and diverse, and the first registration process is often quoted as having a curative effect. Once a title is registered it is guaranteed under State indemnification provisions. Where the application for first registration requires full investigation of title by Tailte Éireann, a Tailte Éireann Examiner of Titles must be satisfied that the applicant is entitled to the legal title and, in the vast majority of cases, necessary rulings and queries must be raised on first registration applications before they can proceed.

Applications for first registration of title account for approximately 12% of Tailte Éireann’s overall intake. Average processing times vary depending on the type of application lodged.

• Cases with Certification of Title by Solicitor: Applications for first registration on Form 3 / Form 3 (MSB) of the Land Registration Rules 2012-2021 (LRR) which are certified by a solicitor and lodged in order, typically have substantially shorter processing times.
• Cases Requiring an Examination of Title: Where full examination of title is required by Tailte Éireann on Form 1 and Form 2 of the LRR, these often involve clarifying queries, issuance of notices and dealing with objections, which can extend processing times significantly.

Pádraig O'Sullivan (Cork North-Central, Fianna Fail)
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189. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of applications made to Tailte Éireann for first registration in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17841/26]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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Tailte Éireann is an independent Government agency under the aegis of my Department. Tailte Éireann provides a property registration system, property valuation service and national mapping and surveying infrastructure for the State. Under Section 8 of the Tailte Éireann Act 2022, Tailte Éireann is independent in the performance of its functions. The information requested is set out in the table below.

Further information may be obtained by Oireachtas members by contacting the dedicated e-mail address in respect of Tailte Éireann at should further clarification be required.

Pádraig O'Sullivan (Cork North-Central, Fianna Fail)
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190. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of property registrations processed by Tailte Éireann for each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025. in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17842/26]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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Tailte Éireann is an independent Government agency under the aegis of my Department. Tailte Éireann provides a property registration system, property valuation service and national mapping and surveying infrastructure for the State. Under Section 8 of the Tailte Éireann Act 2022, Tailte Éireann is independent in the performance of its functions.

The information provided by Tailte Éireann below relates to all applications for registration on the National Land Register, including First Registration applications, as requested. Each application may contain a number of property transactions to be registered, for example a transfer of title, a mortgage/charge and a right of way in favour of the applicant may be lodged within one application.

The number of applications processed in each year refers to all applications which have been brought to a final conclusion within the year and includes applications which have been completed, refused, rejected, withdrawn or abandoned as they could not be processed further.

Further information may be obtained by Oireachtas members by contacting the dedicated e-mail address in respect of Tailte Éireann at oireachtas@tailte.ie should further clarification be required.

Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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191. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the sponsor of Ireland’s participation in Marché International des Professionnels de l'Immobilier (MIPIM) Conference; the value of the sponsorship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17859/26]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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There is no single solution to the funding and cost challenges in housing supply. Delivering Homes, Building Communities sets out a range of interdependent and complementary actions that seek to address these challenges.

The new Plan recognises that even with the largest housing budget in the history of the State providing unprecedented levels of investment in housing, Government cannot fund all of the €20bln development finance needed annually to achieve the delivery of 300,000 new homes by 2030. The majority of the finance required will need to be sourced from private sources. It is imperative that patient and sustainable private capital is attracted, including from international sources, in line with practice by our European neighbours and beyond.

Under Delivering Homes, Building Communities, my Department, in partnership with other key Government Departments and agencies, will lead a co-ordinated programme of stakeholder engagement on the role of private capital, including institutional investment, in supporting additional housing supply.

In that regard, the Irish Government is leading a coordinated national presence at MIPIM 2026, one of the world’s leading real estate and investment forums.

The organisation of the Ireland Pavilion at MIPIM is being overseen by my Department, working closely via a joint working group with the Department of Finance, the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund and the Housing Agency.

Having reviewed how other countries and cities fund their attendance at MIPIM and in line with that, private sector sponsors are funding the event costs of Ireland at MIPIM 2026.

In the case of the Irish Pavilion, the sponsors have been coordinated through two key representative bodies, Irish Institutional Property and Property Industry Ireland.

Sponsors include AIB, Ardstone, Bank of Ireland, Cairn, Evara, Glenveagh, Avenue Capital Group, A&L Goodbody, I-RES, Kennedy Wilson, KPMG, Lioncor, Matheson and McCann Fitzgerald. These organisations have a shared interest in MIPIM and in increasing the pool of private investment which is available for funding new residential and complementary development in Ireland.