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Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2024
- Sponsor
- Minister for Justice
- Introduced
- 24 Jan 2024
- Last updated
- 30 Aug 2024
What this bill doesAI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Allows Minister for Justice to appoint multiple coroners to Dublin district on fixed 5-year terms (renewable once), changing their status from officeholder to civil servant.
- Enables temporary coroner assignments to any district where workload demands warrant it; Minister can activate without senior coroner request; renewals capped at three.
- Ends deputy coroner positions in Dublin; introduces disqualification criteria for coroner appointments in non-Dublin districts and temporary appointees; applies standard civil service removal rules to Dublin coroners.
Stage timelineWhat do these stages mean?
- First Stage26th Seanad24 Jan 2024
- Second Stage26th Seanad24 Jan 2024
- Committee Stage26th Seanad30 Jan 2024
- Report Stage26th Seanad1 Feb 2024
- Fifth Stage26th Seanad1 Feb 2024
- Second Stage33rd Dáil1 Feb 2024
- Committee Stage33rd Dáil14 Feb 2024
- Report Stage33rd Dáil14 Feb 2024
- Fifth Stage33rd Dáil14 Feb 2024
- Enacted16 Feb 2024
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