Coroners (Amendment) Act 2019

Amendment of section 24 of Principal Act

15. Section 24 of the Principal Act is amended by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (2):

“(2) Whenever an inquest is held by virtue of this section by a coroner other than a coroner who would ordinarily hold the inquest—

(a) the Minister, if the coroner who would ordinarily hold the inquest is a coroner for the coroner’s district of Dublin, or

(b) the local authority liable to pay the salary of the coroner who would ordinarily hold the inquest,

shall pay the coroner who holds the inquest such fee as may be prescribed together with such sum to cover his or her travelling and other expenses as shall be agreed upon—

(i) between the coroner who holds the inquest and the Minister, in the case of an inquest that would ordinarily be held by a coroner for the coroner’s district of Dublin, or

(ii) in all other cases, between the coroner who holds the inquest and the local authority referred to in paragraph (b) or, in default of agreement, as shall be fixed by the Minister.”.