Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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Question 141: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there has been an audit on C71 forms completed by coroners' offices in public hospitals; if there is any monitoring of these forms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29041/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The C71 is a form completed by An Garda Síochána to notify a sudden, unexplained, violent or unnatural death to a coroner. It is copied to the District Officer of the Garda and Crime Investigation Branch. This form gives particulars of the deceased and a summary of the facts and circumstances surrounding a death. It is used by the coroner, who is an independent officer responsible for the medico-legal investigation of certain deaths, in his/her preliminary inquiries. I am advised that the question of auditing these forms in respect of deaths in public hospitals has not arisen in the context of coroners' inquiries which are limited to establishing identity and how, when and where a person died.