Land registry delay hurting farmers

AN ONGOING delay in processing land registry queries by the Property Registration Authority is causing farmers hardship, Fine Gael has claimed.

The party’s agriculture and food spokesperson Denis Naughten, TD, said these delays will have a direct impact on people whose land is being acquired compulsorily for road projects.

Young couples trying to build a house on the family farm, those selling a site to reduce bank debts and farmers entering the Rural Environment Protection Scheme or the early retirement scheme could also be affected.