Paul Connaughton Snr (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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Question 290: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the delay for a coroner's report to be delivered to the relatives of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26450/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The coroner is an independent office holder with responsibility under the law for the medico-legal examination of sudden, unexplained, violent or unnatural deaths. In certain such cases, a post-mortem examination may be required. It generally takes some weeks or months before the report is received by the coroner, due to the factors involved. In this case, I understand from the Galway North Coroner that the post-mortem results were received in less than 4 months, which I understand is within usual timeframes, and that the coroner issued a Coroner's Certificate within 3 working days of receipt of these results.