13 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government in view of the very high prices charged to grieving families for burials in Dublin and the very few powers which local authorities have to regulate graveyards, his views regarding the accountability of the Dublin Cemeteries Committee, a body set up by a private act of the Oireachtas in 1970, which has opened numerous graveyards around Dublin in recent years, which has developed a considerable monumental stone business and a flower business, which has charitable status giving it certain tax exemptions, which is under no obligation to file accounts with the Companies Registration Office and which does not publish detailed accounts to the public. [12925/12]

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13 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government in view of the very high prices charged to grieving families for burials in Dublin and the very few powers which local authorities have to regulate graveyards, his views regarding the accountability of the Dublin Cemeteries Committee, a body set up by a private act of the Oireachtas in 1970, which has opened numerous graveyards around Dublin in recent years, which has developed a considerable monumental stone business and a flower business, which has charitable status giving it certain tax exemptions, which is under no obligation to file accounts with the Companies Registration Office and which does not publish detailed accounts to the public. [12925/12]

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1. 8 March 2012

   Burial Grounds

   13 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government in view of the very high prices charged to grieving families for burials in Dublin and the very few powers which local authorities have to regulate graveyards, his views regarding the accountability of the Dublin Cemeteries Committee, a body set up by a private act of the Oireachtas in 1970, which has opened numerous graveyards around Dublin in recent years, which has developed a considerable monumental stone business and a flower business, which has charitable status giving it certain tax exemptions, which is under no obligation to file accounts with the Companies Registration Office and which does not publish detailed accounts to the public. [12925/12]

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