Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
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Question 242: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider giving directions to all local authorities on the need to ensure the sustainable future development of new burial grounds across the country; if he is concerned that burial grounds in the greater Dublin area are at near full capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21756/11]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Under the Local Government (Sanitary Services) Acts, 1878 to 2001, local authorities are deemed to be burial boards for their respective functional areas. Acting in their capacity as burial boards, local authorities are responsible for the management, regulation and control of burial grounds in their functional area. With the coming into effect of the Local Government Act 1994 Ministerial consent for the use of land as a burial ground is no longer required. Therefore, ensuring the adequate provision of burial facilities, in their functional areas, is entirely a matter for the relevant local authority.