Dessie Ellis (Dublin North West, Sinn Fein)
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337. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if county councils are required to pay for the county coroner; and if so, the amount this costs on a county basis. [22153/16]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The Annual Financial Statements of Local Authorities do not provide the detail of the payments to individual Coroners; however, they do show the Operation of Morgue and Coroner Expenses, which would include many other costs associated with the service. The following table details these costs for 2014, the most recent year for which audited accounts are available. Issues relating to the Coroner Service are a matter for my colleague, the Minister for Justice and Equality.