Property Registration Authority

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 20 October 2016

Thursday, 20 October 2016

Questions (132)

Éamon Ó Cuív

Question:

132. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if it is intended to publish the report received by him from the Property Registration Authority on the extent of seaweed rights; the information received that cannot be published because of obligations under the data protection legislation in view of the fact that all land registry folios are open to inspection by the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31442/16]

Written answers

Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government

The Property Registration Authority of Ireland shared the data concerned with my Department in accordance with an agreed protocol. My Department had to agree to and sign an undertaking to abide by the conditions of this protocol prior to the release of the data. One of the conditions of the protocol is that the requester will not disclose, share or otherwise provide the land parcel geometry or other PRAI data received by it, in response to a request for bulk data from any Department, public body, agency or to any other public body or to any third party. In the circumstances, it is not open to my Department to share the data received.