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Kerry County Councillors seek meeting with Justice Minister to discuss paying of coroners' fees

Nov 26, 2020 13:17 By radiokerrynews
Kerry County Councillors seek meeting with Justice Minister to discuss paying of coroners' fees
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Kerry county councillors are calling for a meeting with the Justice Minister to address concerns regarding paying coroners' fees. Coroners' salaries and the fees and

Kerry county councillors are calling for a meeting with the Justice Minister to address concerns regarding paying coroners' fees.

Coroners' salaries and the fees and expenses from post-mortems and inquests are included in Kerry County Council’s budget for next year.

€308,000 will be spent by the council to cover these costs.

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Fianna Fáil councillor Michael Cahill and Fine Gael councillor Jim Finucane are calling for a meeting with Minister for Justice Helen McEntee to discuss the issue, and get an update on the Coroners' Bill.

Both councillors say the council shouldn’t have to pay these costs.

 

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