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Exhumation Licences

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 29 September 2010

Wednesday, 29 September 2010

Ceisteanna (1405)

Noel Ahern

Ceist:

1492 Deputy Noel Ahern asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the regulations and process to obtain an exhumation licence in order to cremate a body on compassionate grounds; if the regulations are specified in law; if the local authority has discretion on the matter and the reason a local authority would have reservations when the cemetery and undertakers have no objections; if he will outline the criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33040/10]

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Under section 160 of the Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878 read with section 46 of the Local Government (Sanitary Services) Act, 1948, as amended by the Local Government Act, 1994, exhumation licensing is a function of individual local authorities.

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