Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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163. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff currently working at the Coroner's Office in Whitehall, Dublin 9. [56840/22]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy may be aware, the Coroner Service comprises the network of coroners located in districts throughout the country. Coroners are independent quasi-judicial office holders whose core function is to investigate sudden and unexplained deaths so that a death certificate can be issued.

The Department of Justice has direct responsibility for providing financial and administrative support to the Dublin District Coroner’s Office since 1st January 2018.

The Dublin District Mortuary is the responsibility of the Dublin Senior Coroner and is located together with the Office of the State Pathologist (OSP) on the site of the former Garda Station in Whitehall in Dublin.

The Dublin District Coroner’s Office has 5 staff working in the Dublin District Mortuary, 2 full time, one on a 50% basis, one on a 40% basis and a locum on a 50% basis (3.4 full-time equivalent staff). There are currently vacancies for 2 staff members in the Dublin District Mortuary.