Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 7 April 2022
280. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way in which a person can correct a mapping error by the Land Registry in respect of the map digitised in respect of their lands and or property. [19152/22]
View answerThe Property Registration Authority (PRA) maintains a title register and the Land Registry map is not, except as provided by legislation, conclusive as to boundaries or extent. A specific note to that effect appears on the National Land Register, and this has been the position since the inception of the title registration system in 1891.
The registration mapping framework maintained by the PRA is underpinned by its link to Ordnance Survey Ireland topographical data. However, all registrations effected in the PRA are based on the original documents and application map lodged for registration by the applicant’s solicitor.
The digitisation of the PRA map record, which was completed in 2010, revealed rather than caused non-conformities which were already on the original paper-based mapping system.
The PRA receives ongoing enquiries about mapping issues, and each query brought to its attention is investigated fully. The PRA has established a dedicated and robust process for the ongoing evaluation of all mapping and other queries. Such enquiries, together with supporting documents, should be forwarded by post to Priority Customer Reviews, Property Registration Authority, Chancery Street, Dublin 7, or by email to QAexternal@prai.ie.
Once an enquiry is received, original legal deeds and documents of title (including the original map lodged) are retrieved and reviewed to establish if an actual error arises and its origins. If the review identifies that an error was made in registration, the PRA will move to rectify in accordance with the statutory provisions governing the correction of errors.
It is the PRA’s consistent experience, however, that for 50 per cent of the enquiries received, correct registration was effected based on the documents lodged by the applicant’s solicitor and that the Land Registry map accurately reflects the map lodged for registration. Should the PRA review reveal that no error was made in registration, then a Deed of Rectification or Court Order can be lodged to effect a change to the Land Registry map.
