Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 31 May 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Operation of the Coroner Service: Discussion

Professor Denis Cusack:

If the coroner runs an inquest, and some of them take dozens of hours or two days, it is €520. They simply take it. The Minister has answered this question. We are public servants. Our remuneration, out of which we pay everything, is an open book. There is no secret.