Limitations to Foreigners

1. Are there in your national system any limitations to foreigner citizens or foreign companies/companies controlled by foreign citizens regarding the acquisition of immovable properties? If yes:

No.

1.1 Which legal regulations regulate in your country the prohibitions or limitations for foreigners’ acquisitions in case of transfer of property? Please specify the legal regulation and/or the range of the regulation that contains the prohibition.

No prohibitions/limitations are imposed in Ireland.

2. To which kind of land registry unit do these limitations apply? (Example: only land plots, only rural areas, only foreign borders, dwellings and homes, other buildings?

N/A

3. To which kind of transfers or burdens do these limitations apply? (Example: to every transfer, non-free transfers, differently in case of inheritance than in case of purchase, mortgages in favor of foreigners….)

N/A

4. Apart from the previous limitation to acquisition of property by foreigners, are there any other measures at your country relevant for this topic? (Example: pre-emption rights in case of purchase un favor of a foreigner, social or residential measures bases on nationality and non in residential permits….)

N/A

5. To what extent the land registrars’ controls in a deed of transfer the prohibitions imposed to foreigners to acquire land and buildings in your country?

No prohibitions are imposed in Ireland.

6. Do you expect any legal modifications on this issue?

No.