Mark Ward (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 40:

In page 18, between lines 24 and 25, to insert the following: “(vi) to ensure that the circumstances and causes of death are considered in the Post Recovery Analysis and that these are noted in the Director’s report to Government;”.

Amendments Nos. 40 and 41 relate to the director's obligation to report to the Garda and the coroner evidence gathered from post-recovery analysis of people who appear to have died in violent or unnatural circumstances. We believe this should be included in the director's functions. Amendment No. 79 provides for this vital step in the investigation of burials to be added to the preamble to the Bill. Lines 10 and 11 of section 36(2) currently include the director's obligations to report to the Garda and the coroner evidence gathered form the post-recovery analysis of people who appear to have died in violent or unnatural circumstances. It should, therefore, also be referenced in the preamble.