Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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41. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when the death certificate and coroner's report will be provided to persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23482/16]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy is aware Coroners are quasi-judicial office holders who are independent in their functions. Neither I nor my Department has any role in relation to the issuing of a Coroner's Certificate or a Death Certificate. Further, the office of the Registrar of Births, Marriages and Deaths and the legislation governing the registration of deaths comes the remit of the Department of Social Protection.

Nonetheless, I understand that as soon as the Coroner in question is in a position to issue the Death Certificate involved, the family can register the death with the Registrar and obtain a death certificate. The Coroner may also issue an Interim Certificate of the Fact of Death which can be of use to families when dealing with certain institutions such as banks, insurance and utility companies and so on.