Waiver of burial fees to cease in Derry City & Strabane District

Councillors agreed that they would however continue to waive the burial fee for anyone who had passed away due to Covid-19.

The committee also agreed that they will continue to keep this under review and return to the issue if restrictions were re-introduced.

The change will come into effect subject to ratification at the meeting of Full Council at the end of the month.

The fees waived during the months of April, May and June amounted to around £48,000.

Members had endorsed the waiving of all burial fees in respect of all interments at Council cemeteries from March 28, 2020 and for those interred within Council who had died from the virus in advance of this date.

The Regulations with regard to burials were reviewed by the Executive at its meeting of June 29, with a maximum of 30 people now permitted at burials with church services also permitted to resume.