Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 November 2015
331. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice and Equality why three death certificates were issued, containing incorrect information each time, by the coroner, in relation to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41637/15]
Amharc ar fhreagra332. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice and Equality on whom a post mortem was performed on 29 December 2014 by the coroner, as the person named (details supplied) had already died and been buried on 12 December 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41638/15]
Amharc ar fhreagra333. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice and Equality on what body parts and organs was a post mortem carried out on by the coroner on 29 December 2014 in relation to a person; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41639/15]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 331 to 333, inclusive, together.
The primary legislation currently applicable to coroners is the Coroners Act 1962. Under this legislation, a coroner is a statutory officer exercising quasi-judicial functions, in relation to which he or she is independent. As Minister for Justice and Equality, I have no role in the conduct of individual cases and it is therefore not open to me or to my Department to intervene in or to comment on this particular case.
