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Burton lashes out at cost of funerals

The Tánaiste's lashed out at the "staggering" cost of funerals. Joan Burton says the cost of a buria...
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2:34 PM - 17 Sep 2014



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Burton lashes out at cost of funerals

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2:34 PM - 17 Sep 2014



The Tánaiste's lashed out at the "staggering" cost of funerals.

Joan Burton says the cost of a burial plot in Dublin and other urban areas is "staggering".

She's told an Oireachtas committee that Community Welfare Officers are regularly asked to help families cover the cost of burying a loved one.

But she says even access to small family plots can be hugely costly.

"Some of the charges - even for putting in a small urn, relating to the ashes of a beloved one - they're extraordinarily high," she said.

"In an existing family grave. Extraordinarily high.

"Funerals, particularly in the Dublin area, are extraordinarily expensive. And that trend, thankfully, has not been as extreme outside of Dublin.

"Somebody was talking to me recently about the cost of a small urn on a family grave.

"First of all they thought they'd able to do it themselves - they weren't - and secondly the costs they were charged were staggering."



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