Coroners were paid nearly €3.5m for holding inquests last year.
According to Freedom of Information figures, 2,225 inquests were held across the country.
Inquests are held into the cause of sudden, unexplained or violent deaths.
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They are held in coroners' courts throughout the country.
There was a 6% increase in the number of inquests held last year, with 2,092 in 2018 and 2,225 in 2019.
777 were held in Dublin, with Cork, Galway and Limerick having the next most.
Carlow had the fewest, at just three.
Coroners were paid a total of just under€3.5m last year.
Dublin's Myra Cullinane got €412,000, while Cork city's Philip Comyn got just under €300,000.
