276 Deputy Mary Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the service provided by the Living Links committee in the County Meath coroner’s service; if such a service could be replicated in developing coroner’s services in the greater Dublin area and throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34462/10]

Coroners are independent office holders with responsibility under the law for the medicolegal investigation into the circumstances of sudden, unexplained, violent and unnatural deaths. Living Links is a voluntary group who provide support and outreach to those bereaved by suicide. My Department is aware of the service provided by the Living Links, not just in County Meath, but on a national level. While coroners have been made aware of the organisation, it is not part of a coroner's function in regard to death investigation to refer bereaved people to this or any other support organisation.