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43 Mr. Spring asked the Minister for Justice if he will make the consultants' report on the reform of the Land Registry, which has been available to him since January 1991, available to the staff, as no consultation has taken place with the staff to date.
I received the report to which the Deputy refers in February of this year. The report deals with two distinct areas — information technology and organisation and structure. I approved the proposals in the report in relation to information technology and that part of the report was made available to the staff in July.
That part of the report dealing with organisation and structure was not released to staff as I took no definitive decision on the recommendations made in it but decided instead to refer it to the working group which I established to assist me in the preparation of legislation for the reconstitution of the Land Registry and the Registry of Deeds as a semi-State body and to advise me on the best methods of tackling the problems existing in the registries. The working group have now reported to me and I am studying their recommendations.
