I am informed by the Registrar of Titles that this application refers to a transmission on death which was lodged in the Land Registry on 28 April 2000.
Due to the current buoyancy of the property market, there has been an 85% increase in the intake of dealings into the Dublin section of the Land Registry for the period January to April 2000 as against the same period last year. As a result, there is, at present, a waiting time of approximately 19 weeks for processing such applications.
I am well aware of the problems which have arisen in the Land Registry over a period of time due to the increase in applications for Land Registry transactions caused by the current economic climate and the buoyancy of the property market. I assure the Deputy that I have taken steps to address these problems by recruiting and training extra staff and by allocating added resources which I am confident will improve the service in time.