The Gazette 1986

JULY/AUGUST

1986

GAZETTE

Dáil Debates 29th January 1986

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(Following questions from Deputies V. Brady and J. Doyle in relation to the processing of Applications for the purchase of ground rents.) Mr. Lenihan: Would the Minister not agree that the overall operation of the Land Registry Office is self- financing and that the imposition of an embargo on a profit making aspect of the State's administration is absolute nonsense? Mr. Noonan (Limerick East): The overall work of the Land Registry Office is self-financing. But there is a particular problem in an area where applications for a particular service come in unevenly, for example, if in one year there are 20,000 applications submitted and two years later that figure drops to 1,700. It is not sustainable that people should be given permanent pensionable jobs to deal with a temporary problem. Extra temporary staff have been provided to deal with the temporary problem. Mr. Lenihan: But it is a profit making operation. Mr. Noonan (Limerick East): It could be profit making for two years while there was work to be done but then could be loss making for the next 38 while there was no work to be done. Mr. V. Brady: In view of the fact that the Minister concedes that the Land Registry Office is self-financing and will continue to be so, will he give the House an assurance that the requisite number of staff will be employed to deal with the backlog of applications, thereby bringing the position up to date? Mr. Noonan (Limerick East): I have already answered that for Deputy Lenihan. •

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