Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputy. He and I both know funerals are a very tough time for a family, without the additional stress of worrying about the costs and so on. If people need help, therefore, they should look up the website and apply online, or call or visit their local Intreo office. Funeral directors tend to be quite good at directing people to these services.

I am happy to talk to my officials to see whether we can carry out some further promotional work with a focus on funeral costs. We can do it through the likes of Citizens Information, which is a very good service. Its website was the first result when I did my search earlier and the next was mywelfare.ie, and the information was given. The Deputy will be aware I am bringing forward a Bill to make it easier to register deaths, so perhaps we can do something around that. As he said, his raising the issue will foster awareness that supports are available and that we want to help people.

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