Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 1 March 2022
833. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a copy of the completed sale agreement for a parcel of land (details supplied); if he will provide proof of the way the Congested District Board acquired ownership of 86 acres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11125/22]
View answerCopies of the root of title documents relating to the purchase of property by the former Congested Districts Board (CDB)/Irish Land Commission (ILC) are ordinarily not made available to the general public as they are private to the parties concerned.
However, my officials have advised that, in this case, an uncertified copy of the Purchase Agreement concerned issued in 2019, for information purposes only, to the solicitor acting for one of the descendants of the original tenants referred to by the Deputy.
The property in question formed part of lands acquired by the Congested District Board (CDB) on the 3rd May 1906 following the execution of a Purchase Agreement with the former owner. The purchase involved an area totaling 6423A – 2R – 4P across 29 townlands, including the entire Townland of Derry containing 271A – 2R – 20P. These land were subsequently registered by the Land Registry Office (LRO) to the CDB under Folio MY 4933.
By Vesting and Charging Order dated 14th February 1911, a number of the purchasing tenants, including the 4 tenants in the Townland of Derry referred to by the Deputy, were vested in their proposed allotments containing in all 185A – 2R – 7P and subsequently registered to them by the LRO.
Following the above mentioned disposals, the balance of the land in the Townland of Derry containing 86A – 0R – 13P, consisting of roads and bog that is subject to Turbary Rights, remains registered to the CDB, property No 10 on Folio MY4933 refers.
Original Purchase Agreements are not amended by the Property Registration Authority (PRA) when lands are transferred out of a Folio, these transactions are recorded by the PRA on the Folios concerned.
