SDLP councillor and Deputy Mayor John Boyle proposed motion to waive burial costs for children
DERRY City and Strabane District Council has voted to waive burial costs for children.
The motion was supported unanimously in the council chamber in Derry’s Guildhall on Thursday.
It will remain in place until the matter can be looked at and acted on regionally across Northern Ireland by a restored Assembly.
Proposing his motion SDLP councillor and incoming Mayor John Boyle said: “Nothing can really help bereaved parents”.
“Parents do not expect to bury their children and no-one plans for burying or cremating a child because it is unthinkable,” Mr Boyle added.
“Sadly, though, from time to time it does happen. I think that it is a shame that this has not been done before now and it would be a small mercy that we could give to grieving parents.
“The financial cost of this is not something that we couldn’t bear.”
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