Decisions relating to access to the records of the former Irish Land Commission are made by officials in my Department's Records Branch which has a storage facility located in Portlaoise. Owners and purchasers and/or their personal/legal representatives are granted access to certain documents by prior consultation with that office. Access is only permitted where documentary evidence of ownership or entitlement to ownership to the lands in question is provided, together with payment of the prescribed fee. The Property Registration Authority is also granted access to certain documentation, on request, to allow for the completion of current and past transactions and for the full completion of the work of the former Commission.
The following table represents the number of search and retrieval requests processed by Records branch staff from 2016 to date. There are no statistics available relating to whether any requests were refused.
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Year
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Number of requests
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2016
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1,117
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2017
|
949
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2018
|
990
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2019
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1,120
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2020
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1,405
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2021 (to date)
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338
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