Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 5 May 2021
700. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of planning applications submitted for the erection of headstones in each of the years 2015 to 2020; the number granted and refused, respectively; the reason for refusal in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22618/21]
View answerUnder 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.
Local authorities also have powers to make bye-laws in relation to burial grounds, including headstones.
As this therefore is an operational matter for local authorities, I have no information on the number of applications submitted, granted or refused in connection with headstones erected in local authority graveyards.
