Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 7 November 2023
874. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice if funding will be provided for the recruitment of WTE forensic anthropologists for the Office of State Pathologist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48742/23]
View answerThe Office of the State Pathologist (OSP) provides the State with a national forensic pathology service and a forensic pathologist is on duty, twenty-four hours a day, each day of the year. Annually, the OSP deals with a very small number of forensically relevant skeletal remains, and in these cases an independent consultant forensic anthropologist is appointed by the coroner. In the circumstances, there are no plans to recruit a full-time permanent forensic anthropologist.
