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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, November 14, 2016

QUESTION NO.8

QUESTION: Councillor W. Lavelle

To ask the Chief Executive for an update on the request to reduce or abolish the current Headstone fee of €490?

REPLY:

Currently, headstones can be placed on graves in cemeteries managed and maintained by the Council's once a permit to do so is given by the Council.

Applications for such permit cost €490 incl VAT, and the sculptor supplying the headstone usually makes application for the permit.

The Council is cognisant of the financial impact which costs associated with burials have on the bereaved, and is currently examining the potential for the existing headstone permit fee to be consolidated in some way with that of the purchase price of a plot.  This may be considered to be more economical, and more transparent to the bereaved, while at the same time being mindful of the need to ensure adequate resources are available to the Council to deliver an efficient and effective burial ground service.