Willie Penrose
Question:48 Mr. Penrose asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made in dealing with the huge backlog at the Land Registry and Registry of Deeds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11177/00]
Vol. 518 No. 2
48 Mr. Penrose asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made in dealing with the huge backlog at the Land Registry and Registry of Deeds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11177/00]
I refer the Deputy to my answer to his previous Parliamentary Question, No. 81 on 2 February 2000, where I outlined to the Deputy some of the causes of the unprecedented increase in the level of business to be transacted in the Land Registry in recent years. In fact, I can inform the Deputy that even in the first quarter of this year, there has been a further increase of 14% in the number of dealings lodged in the Land Registry.