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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF ANNUAL BUDGET MEETING

Monday, December 17, 2012

QUESTION NO. 2 (1)

QUESTION: Councillor J. Hannon

1. To ask the Manager to provide complete details of the full range of current and proposed charges for grave spaces for 2013

REPLY:

As part of the draft 2012 Budget, proposals to increase income from Burial Grounds Charges during 2012 were made. During consideration of the 2012 Budget, Members agreed to phase the increase over the course of two years. In keeping with this phasing, an increase in burial grounds charges has been provided for in the 2013 draft Budget. Burial Grounds charges in place for 2012 and proposed for 2013 are as follows:

Category

2012

Proposed 2013

Purchase of burial right in grave space – single plot

€1,800

€2,400

Purchase of burial right in grave space – double plot

€3,600

€4,800

Purchase of Cremation Plot

€550

€1,000

Purchase of “Little Angels” Plot

€100

€100

First Opening Fee (only applicable for advance purchases of burial right in grave space)

€460

€460

Re-Openings for additional Burials

€460

€460

Re-Openings for Cremation of Ashes

€335

€335

Organ Burials

€340

€340

Child Grave Space (Islamic Plot-Newcastle)

€760

€760

Adult Grave Space (Islamic Plot-Newcastle)

€1,520

€1,520

Exhumation licences

€750

€750

Headstone Permit

€490

€490

Transfer of Ownership

€80

€80

Testing of Plots

€195

€195

Weekend/Bank Holiday Interment Fee

€185

€185

Search/Tracking Fee

€40

€40