Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 1791: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied with the current provisions regarding the regulations covering burial grounds in the Public Health (Ireland) Act 1878 (Part III), as amended by the Local Government (Sanitary Services) Act 1948, the Local Government Act 1994, and the rules and regulations for the Regulation of Burial Grounds 1888 and subsequent amendments; if he will make further amendments to these Acts particularly as they would relate to a limit on the number of internments for a given grass covered plot over specified time periods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43716/06]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Local authorities, acting in their capacity as burial boards, are responsible for the management, regulation and control of burial grounds provided by them, and it is their responsibility to ensure that the regulations in relation to the depth of graves and the number of interments therein are adhered to. I have no proposals at this stage for amendment of the legislation or associated regulations.