Joe Carey (Clare, Fine Gael)
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275. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to update the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878 and the associated Rules and Regulations for the Regulation of Burial Grounds 1888; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29019/20]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The regulations regarding burials and burial grounds are Part III of the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878, as amended in Part VI of the Local Government (Sanitary Services) Act, 1948; and more recently, the Local Government Acts, 1994 and 2001, and also in the Rules and Regulations for the Regulation of Burial Grounds 1888 and amendments thereto.

Having regard to other priorities, including legislative priorities, to be progressed across my Department's remit, there are currently no plans to introduce new legislation in relation to burial grounds.

However, if the Deputy is aware of any issue with a particular provision of the burial grounds legislation, it might be brought to my Department's attention for consideration.