Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

281. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress that has been made on a request (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30544/24]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

The coroner’s service comprises a network of coroners located in districts throughout the country. All coronial districts, with the exception of Dublin, are the responsibility of the relevant local authority.

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

Remuneration rates for Coroners were reduced, in line with wider reductions in civil and public service remuneration as provided for by Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (FEMPI), on 29 April 2009.

Departmental officials, are currently working on the request of the Coroner Society of Ireland for their fees to be restored to their pre-April 2009 levels. In this respect, the Department has engaged with the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, in respect of the restoration of Coroner fees.

There is ongoing engagement with the Department of Public Expenditure NDP Delivery and Reform and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage in relation to these matters.