Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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Question 432: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the maximum length of time that blood and urine samples from a deceased person can be held by the gardaí before they are submitted to the State laboratory for testing. [34053/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I am informed by the Garda authorities that, following the death of a person which is the subject of investigation, blood and urine samples are taken by the pathologist during the post mortem process for toxicology analysis. At the time the samples are taken by the pathologist they are immediately provided to members of An Garda Síochána attending the post mortem examination for transmission to Eolaíocht Fhóireínseach Éireann/the Forensic Science Laboratory for the analysis requested by the pathologist.