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<p>Justice Minister Helen McEntee said department officials had worked closely with officials in the Office of the Attorney General 'to ensure that the appointment of coroners as civil servants of the State would not impinge on the independent role' under the Coroners Act. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA Wire</p>

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Department of Justice officials currently going through submissions from organisations and individuals in response to a recent consultation process on reforming the current system
<p>The public information officer for the Coroners Society of Ireland, Patrick O’Connor, said: “We weren’t consulted at all on this bill. They are trying to impose something principally for Dublin."</p>

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