Finian McGrath
Question:120. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will give an update on the issue of death certificates for the Stardust fire families. [7657/13]
View answerWednesday, 13 February 2013
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An tArd Chláraitheoir (Registrar General) is the person with statutory responsibility for the registration of deaths, I have made enquiries with him and I am informed that the position is as follows:
There were five male victims of the Stardust tragedy whose bodies could not, unfortunately, be identified at the time. However these five deaths were registered in 2007, on foot of Coroner’s certificates, following the exhumation of the bodies and DNA test analysis.
The Registrar General is not aware of any other victims whose deaths remain to be registered. Death certificates for any of the five victims can be obtained, in the normal way, from any civil registration office, from the General Register Office, or online at www.certificates.ie .