Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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228. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 713 of 28 February 2023, if her attention has been drawn to the fact that paid planning permission, sometimes in the region of hundreds of euros, is needed to erect a headstone on a grave; if any consideration will be given to waiving the fee for grieving families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15530/23]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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As I informed the Deputy in my previous response to Parliamentary Question No. 713 on 28 February 2023, my Department has legislative responsibility regarding burial grounds, however, this responsibility does not extend to the burial fees charged by local authorities. These costs are a matter for each local authority in respect of the cemeteries and burial grounds they provide.

Furthermore, guidelines or legislation governing planning permission, and the fees associated with any planning application, are matters for the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage under the planning code.