Families of missing persons presumed dead no longer have to wait seven years to deal with their estates

The chairperson of the National Missing Persons Helpline, Dermot Browne, has welcomed the Presumption of Death Bill passed by the Oireachtas on Wednesday, but he said he would have liked it to have been connected to the Coroner’s Act.

Under the new legislation families of missing persons presumed dead will no longer have to wait seven years to deal with their estates.