Burial Grounds Information

Fingal County Council operates and maintains 36 cemeteries. Burial Plots can be purchased on death only, i.e. no plots can be pre-purchased.

Burial Grounds Full/In Use

If you have any queries related to cemeteries in Fingal County Council please use the following numbers;

Blanchardstown Office : 870 4449

St. Fintans Cemetery : 839 3877

Fingal/Balgriffin Cemetery : 846 0049

All Other Cemeteries : 8905950 or 8905927

Burial Ground Charges and VAT Implications

Category	Charges	Charge from 1^st January 2012 with VAT Element
Interment Fees (Re-Openings)	€375.00	€375.00 +23% VAT = €461.25
Headstone Permit	€200	€200 + 23% VAT = €246.00
Cremation Plot Fingal and St. Fintan’s BG	€550	€550 + 13.5% VAT = €624.25
Ashes	€275.00	€275.00 + 23% VAT = €338.25
Transfer of Ownership	€250	€250 + 23% VAT = €307.50
Exhumation Fee (not by Court Order) (Exhumations by Court Order are exempt)	€750	€750.00 + 23% VAT = €922.50
Test Digs	€550	€550.00 + 23% VAT = €676.50
Saturday Fee (St. Fintan’s Only)	€121.95	€121.95 + 23% VAT = €150.00

Exemptions for VAT liability are –

The “Purchasing Back” of a plot;
Exhumations by Court Order
Plot Sales – however, any burial grounds completed since 1^st July, 2010 may also, subject to certain conditions, incur a VAT liability on the price of a plot, at the time of sale, at the lower rate of VAT. This will only affect plots in the new cemetery in Flemington and the new extension in Mulhuddart when they come on stream.

A Bereavement Grant is a payment based on PRSI contributions which is payable on the death of:

An insured person
The wife or husband of an insured person
The widow or widower of an insured person
A child under age 18, or under age 22 if in full-time education (where either the parent or the person the child normally lives with satisfies the PRSI contribution conditions)
A contributory pensioner
The qualified adult of a contributory pensioner, including those who would be qualified adult but are getting another social welfare payment, e.g. Carers Allowance
A qualified child
An orphan in receipt of Orphan's (Contributory) Allowance.

For further information contact your local Social Welfare Office at www.welfare.ie/schemes/bereaved