Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 24 November 2016
50. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of reportable deaths under the Coroners Acts, for each of the past eight years and the total number of inquests held. [36733/16]
View answerThe total number of deaths reported and the number of cases of which subsequently went to inquest in each of the years 2008 to 2015 is publicly available from the Annual Returns submitted by Coroners to my Department, which are published on www.coroners.ie. To be of assistance, I have included the information requested in the following table.
|
Year |
Total Number of Deaths Reported |
Number of Cases that went to Inquest |
|
2008 |
12,857 |
2,274 |
|
2009 |
14,228 |
2,533 |
|
2010 |
14,883 |
2,249 |
|
2011 |
15,567 |
3,781 |
|
2012 |
15,403 |
2,123 |
|
2013 |
16,182 |
2,087 |
|
2014 |
15,833 |
2,053 |
|
2015 |
16,756 |
2,046 |
