Máire Geoghegan-Quinn
Question:181 Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Forestry when a decision will be made on a case (details supplied) in County Galway. [14542/95]
Written Answers. - Land Division.
An application to divide this commonage has been received by the Land Commission. Following receipt of the application, preliminary investigations showed that 12 of the 24 shares or 50 per cent of the commonage appeared to be unregistered. As the assistance provided by the Land Commission for commonage division is restricted to cases where all the shares in the commonage are registered and all the applicants for division can show title to their shares, the Land Commission is not in a position to assist with the division of this commonage at present.
The case is being examined at the request of the solicitors for the applicant to see whether the Land Commission can be of assistance in clarifying the position as to title and I have arranged for my Department to communicate with the solicitors as soon as possible.