Colm Burke (Fine Gael)

I thank the Minister for bringing forward the Bill. Section 32 of the Bill deals with the Coroners Act. Coroners are not required to hold inquests within a specific period of time. I raised this matter with the Minister previously, along with my colleague, Senator Tom Sheahan, who was also aware of an unreasonable period of time being allowed to elapse before an inquest was held. I know this point cannot be dealt with in the Bill but I ask the Minister to take it on board and deal with it in future legislation. I welcome the Bill. It covers a wide range of areas. It is of a very technical nature but it is also very important.