Funeral Costs
Funeral costs vary depending on your choices, covering expenses such as the coffin, transportation, cemetery arrangements, and third-party services (like florists and obituary publication). The funeral director will provide an estimate once provisional arrangements have been made.
Cost Breakdown
Includes coffin/urn, transportation, and professional services.
This covers the cost of the removal of the deceased from the place of death to our preparation room, the embalming and presentation of the body for viewing, the moving of the deceased back to the funeral home, hospital mortuary or residence. The necessary transportation needs for the removal to the church and funeral afterwards.
This charge also covers the cost of the co-ordination and carrying out of all the wishes of the family and the use of our staff and premises for the funeral obsequies.
Includes cemetery, crematorium fees, obituary publications, music, live-streaming, recording and flowers.
There are expenses incurred by the funeral director on the families behalf. They range from the purchase and openings fees of the grave, cremation fees, church offerings, organist and soloist fees, flowers, newspaper and radio announcements, cremation charges, doctors and coroner fees and gratuities.
The expenses of the funeral services vary according to a families needs and we are happy to discuss cost on an individual family’s requirements.
Funeral expenses do not attract V.A.T. There are grants available, some depends on your P.R.S.I. contributions and others involve an application to your local community welfare officer.
Bereavement Grants
Available to dependents if the deceased passed away due to an accident at work or an occupational disease.
For parents financially dependent on a deceased child due to work-related death or disability.
A means-tested grant available to those receiving social welfare payments, provided at the discretion of the community welfare officer (CWO).
For assistance with any of the above matters, please contact:
Department of Social Protection
Widow’s, Widower’s or Surviving Civil Partner’s Pension Section
Pensions Services Offices, College Road, Sligo, Ireland
Tel: (071) 915 7100
Email: widows.con@welfare.ie