Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Thursday, 16 Dec 1999

Vol. 512 No. 8

Written Answers. - Registration of Title.

Jim Higgins

Ceist:

117 Mr. Higgins (Mayo) asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the average time for processing Land Registry applications for counties Mayo, Galway, Roscommon, Leitrim and Sligo; and the number of applications outstanding for each of these counties. [27481/99]

Minister for Justice, Equality and law Reform (Mr. O'Donoghue)

I am informed by the Registrar of Titles that the average time for processing Land Registry applications and the number of applications outstanding for each county is as follows:–

Copy Map Applications

Type of Application	County	Average Time to Process
Public Counter applicationno mapping required	Mayo, Roscommon, Galway, Sligo, Leitrim	2 days
Postal applicationno mapping required	Mayo, Roscommon, Galway Sligo	6 weeks
	Leitrim	2 weeks
Public counter and postal applications mapping required	Mayo, Roscommon, Galway, Sligo, Leitrim	4-6 weeks

Number of Copy Map Applications Outstanding is:–

Mayo, Galway, Sligo	2,000
Leitrim	350

Land Certificates

Type of Application	County	Average Time to Process
Land Certificate application	Roscommon	6 weeks
Land Certificate application	Leitrim	4-6 weeks
Land Certificate application	Galway	10 weeks
Land Certificate application	Mayo, Sligo	12 weeks

The number of applications for Land Certificates outstanding is:–

Clare/Roscommon, Galway, Mayo, Sligo	400
Leitrim	70

Dealings

County	Average time to Process	Arrears
Leitrim	28 weeks	1,460
Roscommon	42 weeks	2,510
Mayo/Sligo	60 weeks	6,502
Galway	59 weeks	7,504

Examiners Cases – Section 49 Cases – Land Commission Schedules

County	Arrears
Leitrim*	507
Roscommon*	1,762
Mayo/Sligo*	3,524
Galway*	1,762

*Land Commission vesting orders and schedules are deemed to be registered as of the date of vesting which is prior to the date of lodgement of the documents in the Land Registry. Accordingly registration in the Land Registry of Land Commission cases is afforded a lower priority than the registration of other dealings.