Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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652. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of contracts awarded to suppliers to fit monuments and or plaques in Clare County Council graveyards in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45160/23]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Under the Local Government (Sanitary Services) Acts, 1878 to 2001, local authorities are deemed to be burial boards for their respective functional areas. Acting in their capacity as burial boards, local authorities are responsible for the management, regulation and control of burial grounds in their functional areas.

As this therefore is an operational matter for local authorities, I have no information on the number of contracts awarded in connection with the fitting of monuments or plaques in local authority graveyards.