Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)
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145. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the rules regarding causes of death being put on death certificates will be changed to ensure that in the future if a person dies through suicide that the cause of death does not have to appear on the report as it does at present; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26465/13]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Particulars to be entered on the Register of Deaths are listed in Part 5 of the First Schedule of the Civil Registration Act, 2004. My Department is currently examining a range of issues in relation to the Civil Registration Act, 2004, including the provision to issue a short-form death certificate which would omit the cause of death. It is hoped that legislation amending the Civil Registration Act, 2004 will be introduced during 2013.