Clare Daly (Dublin North, United Left)
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588. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a Coroner's Report noting cause of death was issued in respect of a person (details supplied); or if a finding of cause of death by a Coroner was made, following that person's death. [30448/15]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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The Deputy will appreciate that I have no role in relation to the conduct of individual inquests. The legislation governing coroner matters is the Coroners Act, 1962. Under this legislation, a coroner is a statutory officer exercising quasi-judicial functions in relation to which he or she is independent.

The inquest into the death of Mr. Gary Douch was opened on 3 October 2006. The death was registered on foot of the Coroner's Certificate which included the cause of death and was made available to the family of Mr. Douch.