Niall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is on the record - shop around and perhaps look on e-tenders, effectively. It is not good enough. Many people know that the bereavement grant goes to the undertaker and that the undertaker does not get paid until the estate of the deceased person goes through probate and is finally signed off. The undertaker is then paid out of the proceeds. The bereavement grant keeps the undertaker off the back of the families while the estate is going through probate. The Government must revisit that.

The Social Welfare Bill was published this morning, as the Minister of State is aware, and there is no mention of the bereavement grant in it. That was raised in the House this morning. It is not good enough to have a situation where people are being forced to go-----

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