asked the Minister for Justice the reason for the delay experienced by the executors of the will of a deceased person (details supplied) in County Tipperary in having the necessary paperwork finalised.
Written Answers. - Land Purchase Agreement Application.
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I am informed by the Registrar of Titles that this is an application for registration of a Land Commission Purchase Agreement which was lodged in the Land Registry on 2 February 1988. Such applications are not generally as urgent as other applications because registration of title takes effect retrospectively from the date of vesting. There is at present an unavoidable delay in completing registration in these cases due to the pressure of other more urgent applications.
The Deputy will, of course, appreciate that it would not be possible to give favourable treatment to any particular application except at the expense of other applications. I am informed however, that as a matter of policy the Land Registry will expedite cases in which the applicants or their solicitors bring to its attention the fact that special circumstances of urgency exist. Accordingly, a request for expedition in this case will be considered if details of the reasons for urgency are submitted to the Land Registry.