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GAZETTE
SEPTEMBER 1989
Correspondence
James J. Ivers, Esq.,
Director General,
The Law Society,
Blackhall Place,
Dublin 7.
10th August, 1989
Re:
Company Index Service
Dear Mr. Ivers,
I have your letter of 27th July
1989 about difficulties experienced
by one of your members in getting
through to the Company Index
Service.
The service operates from 9.15
am. to 1.00 pm. We find that it is
a very labour-intensive operation,
particularly at a time when limited
staff resources underline the need
to achieve maximum labour pro-
ductivity. I can appreciate the
difficulty outlined by your corre-
spondent and I regret any incon-
venience caused to your members
in the use of the service. I assure
you t hat e f f o r ts to develop
speedier, more productive systems
are a priority.
You will be aware that your
members can obtain an instant
response from our data base
through the use of a P.C. and a
modem. We hope to expand this
service, wi t h in the next few
months, to include a company
name search. These services will
offer a much speedier method of
obtaining company details. It is
hoped that greater utilisation of
these new services will lessen the
demands on the Company Index
Service.
Yours sincerely,
PAUL FARRELL
Manager
Companies Registration Office,
Dublin Castle,
Dublin 2.
Mr. Brian Bohan,
Law Society Taxation Committee,
Blackhall Place,
Dublin 7.
30th June, 1989.
Re:
Certificates of Discharge
from CAT
Dear Brian,
I refer to your proposals regarding
the issue of Certificates in certain
difficult cases.
In the circumstances the Rev-
enue Commissioners are willing to
agree the following procedure on a
trial basis:
When (a) the amount of tax owed
cannot be borrowed
or,
(b) the purchaser's solicitor
is unwilling to accept the
undertaking of the ven-
dor's solicitor,
both solicitors may, with the prior
agreement of the Revenue, attend
the Capital Taxes Branch to close
the sale. The purchaser's solicitor
will hand to the Revenue repre-
sentative a bank draft (cheques will
not be acceptable) for the tax plus
interest to date of closing and in
return will receive a certificate of
discharge from Capital Acquisitions
Tax.
As you state it is not en-
visaged that this procedure will
be necessary in many cases and
I would be grateful if solicitors
would ensure that the procedure
is availed of only in exceptional
cases.
The procedure will be reviewed
regularly and the Commissioners
reserve the right to modify or
abandon it if necessary.
Yours sincerely,
JOHN REID,
Principal Officer,
Office of The Revenue
Commissioners,
Capital Taxes Branch,
Dublin Castle,
Dublin 2.
Mr. James J. Ivers,
Director General,
The Law Society,
Blackhall Place,
Dublin 7.
26th July, 1989.
Dear Mr. Ivers,
Thank you for your letter of 13th
July, 1989, conveying good wishes
on my appointment as Minister for
Justice. I note your assurance of
the Law Society's assistance in
connection with the Government's
programme of law reform. I know
the Society has a special interest in
the proposed Solicitors (Amend-
ment) Bill and I too am anxious to
ensure its early enactment.
Thank you for letting me have a
copy of the Society's proposals for
the reconstitution of the Land
Registry and the Registry of Deeds
as a Public Corporation. I was
already aware of the Society's
proposals in the context of the
review of the operations of the
Land Registry which I have under-
taken. In this regard, I draw your
a t t en t i on to my reply to a
Parliamentary Question on 18th
July, 1989, in which, effectively, I
announced the review. It is my
intention to give full consideration
to the Society's proposals in that
review.
I am pleased to find that working
relations between the Department
of Justice and the Law Society
have been very good and I hope
they will continue in that spirit
during my term of office as
Minister.
Yours sincerely,
RAY BURKE, T.D.,
Minister for Justice.
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