Mr. John Green:

While the Friends of Brompton Cemetery may help, Brompton Cemetery is a royal park and is run by the Royal Parks commission. Deputy Regina Doherty asked why we are in the business and I want to join it with a comment Deputy Catherine Murphy made abut the enlightened attitude of Daniel O'Connell. Daniel O'Connell's view was the same as that of all the cemetery people at the time. In London, the magnificent seven Victorian cemeteries were opened, and all have failed as joint stock companies. We decided to be a charity at that time, but we did not take a very prudent decision. Cemeteries sell graves, and when they run out of space, the shareholders disappear. Glasnevin Trust, under the Dublin Cemeteries Committee, has been in existence for 180 years, and we intend for it to exist for the next 180 years. We went into the ancillary business.

The 1970 Act was to ensure the sustainability of Dublin cemeteries. Since the Act, Shanganagh is the only public authority cemetery to be opened in Dublin. We went into the business unashamed. Selling graves is a commercial business. Many of the thousands of charities listed on the Revenue Commissioners' website are limited companies and hundreds of them are involved in commercial activities. There is no secrecy about the members of Glasnevin Trust; they are on our website. If Deputy Maloney wants to engage with us, as Deputy Dowds has done, we can provide all the names and addresses. I could give them now, although I do not think we have time.

We publish our accounts annually in a format prescribed by the Act and the Charities Regulatory Authority comes in. After our AGM in 2016, we will publish our accounts in the appropriate form and furnish them to the committee with the 2014 comparators.