I raise the issue of delays in Tailte Éireann's registration processes. In 2023, Tailte Éireann received 240,803, with 4,630 applications in arrears. By 2025, the volume had increased to 296,039 applications, but 57,612 of those were in arrears. We talk about the housing crisis. This is just another factor. The administration is gumming up here. Anything we can do to speed up these processes and move these registrations on would help because there is somebody out there waiting for an application to be finished so that they can occupy their home. I am just raising that with the Tánaiste.

I thank Deputy Ó Muirí for raising this matter. He is entirely right. Every lever and every stage of the process needs to be expedited in relation to homes, housing and getting the housing market moving. Tailte Éireann tells us that it is working to address the registration backlog through both increased resources but also improved processes. It also makes the fair point that many applications are not in order when they are first submitted. That figure was about 38% last year. There is clearly either a communications issue or a process issue there in relation to making sure the lodging parties' applications are in order. That would certainly speed up times.

We also need to look at how digital services and the uptake of e-registration services can speed things up here. Where paperless application types are available to legal practitioners and financial institutions, that helps reduce processing times for all service users. I understand Tailte Éireann is currently running a tender process for an e-registration system, which would move the entire registration system to a paperless system.