358. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current average length of time taken by Tailte Éireann to process applications for the first registration of land or property titles; and the measures being taken to reduce processing times. [66882/26]
Topics / Property Registration
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1742. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average waiting time for a first registration of a property on the land register at Tailte Éireann for each of the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, by the time from first contact to the issue date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25555/26]
1001. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of growing delays in Tailte Eireann property registration times and the subsequent risks to the conveyancing process; if he or his officials have raised the matter with Tailte Eireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18516/26]
1748. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if she will consider amending the fair deal legislation to allow persons in nursing homes who own a property in the UK to access the nursing home support loan; to ensure that the property tax payable on such properties is an allowable deduction in terms of the financial assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18738/26]
382. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures which will be implemented to expedite the processing and finalisation of applications in Tailte Éireann; if he is aware that such delays are causing difficulties for people finalising the sale and purchase of properties; the timelines for drawing down mortgages/loans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17…
677. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide data on the backlog within Tailte Éireann on applications for property registration; the reasons for the delays; the extra resources that are now required to address the problem within Tailte Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4399/26]
447. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he intends to bring forward proposals for a public register of beneficial ownership for residential and commercial property in the State, including properties held through overseas companies or trusts; the status of any scoping work underway with relevant Departments and agencies on such a register; the expected timeline for…
1060. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage Government if he aware that applications are being paused due to an issue with the Tailte Éireann Central Filing Repository; the measures being taken to address this; the timeframe when this service will resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58894/25]
1303. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of pending Tailte Éireann applications for each year up to ten years and more than ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47348/25]
1673. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average wait time for a deed of rectification from Tailte Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44086/25]
376. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if compliant owners of short-term lets have to pay to register with Fáilte Ireland (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28587/25]