Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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348. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) whose remains continue to be on display in the Hunterian Museum against their expressed dying wishes; and if he has made or will make representations to the British Government and the museum in London to have their dying wish of a sea burial fulfilled or to assist with their repatriation to Ireland. [23222/21]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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I am aware of press coverage on the campaign to have the remains of Irishman Mr Charles Byrne (1761-1783) removed from the Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons of England to be buried at sea or in Ireland.

I also note that in October 2020, a spokesperson for the Hunterian Museum said that it will not be re-opening for at least another two years and that an update on plans for all the displays in the new Museum will be issued in due course.

I have asked my officials in Embassy London to make some further enquiries with the Hunterian Museum.