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Length of time to register a death may be cut from three months to less than one
- A proposal would give the deceased’s family five days to visit a registration office after receiving the cause of death cert.
- The new system would quicken up a process that is handled much slower in Ireland than in other countries and reduce lags in important data.
- However, current wait times for an appointment at some civil registration offices can take up to several weeks, Lauren Boland reports.