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Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 27 Jun 1968

Vol. 235 No. 13

Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Sale and Purchase of Land.

77.

asked the Minister for Lands if he will state the regulations governing the sale and purchase of land, especially in relation to people with capital buying up land in places where there are uneconomic holdings.

The general position in relation to the sale and purchase of land is that once a holding is vested in a tenant/purchaser he is free to sell it without reference to the Land Commission provided (a) that no subdivision within the meaning of Section 12 of the Land Act, 1965, is involved; (b) that no conditions as to consolidation are being infringed; (c) that no acquisition proceedings are in progress or that the Land Commission have not served notice of intention to inspect the lands and (d) that the holding, being non-urban land, is not being sold to a person who is not a qualified person within the meaning of section 45 of the Land Act, 1965. Under the Land Acts, the sale of land in no way impairs the Land Commission's powers to acquire that land for the relief of congestion, should such a course prove necessary.

If the Deputy has in mind some particular instance where there is evidence of an undesirable agglomeration of holdings by some individuals to the detriment of local smallholders, perhaps he would communicate direct with the Land Commission, giving details of the lands concerned, and the matter will be investigated.

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