Written answers
Tuesday, 8 July 2014
Department of Social Protection
Civil Marriages Data
Jerry Buttimer (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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358. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of registered solemnisers here, categorised by county and religious or secular group, currently and in each of the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29353/14]
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Part 6 of the Civil Registration Act, 2004 which provides for the law relating to marriages was commenced in 2007. Prior to 2007 religious bodies were responsible for the registration of their own solemnisers. The tables below reflect this as figures prior to 2008 are not available.
Table 1 contains details, broken down by county, of religious solemnisers. The ‘other’ figure in Table 1 refers to solemnisers whose address is outside the State and Northern Ireland.
Table 2 contains details, broken down by county, of secular solemnisers. Secular marriage was introduced by the Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2012 which was commenced in 2013.
Table 1 - Number of religious solemnisers by county
County | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Antrim | 88 | 116 | 109 | 109 | 118 | 119 | 116 |
Armagh | 47 | 65 | 68 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 80 |
Carlow | 49 | 50 | 53 | 57 | 58 | 57 | 59 |
Cavan | 95 | 98 | 101 | 100 | 101 | 105 | 104 |
Clare | 111 | 121 | 121 | 126 | 126 | 124 | 127 |
Cork | 510 | 533 | 548 | 559 | 570 | 578 | 592 |
Derry | 88 | 91 | 97 | 99 | 99 | 106 | 107 |
Donegal | 166 | 180 | 181 | 190 | 194 | 202 | 204 |
Down | 64 | 99 | 101 | 102 | 103 | 110 | 113 |
Dublin | 1238 | 1296 | 1375 | 1455 | 1540 | 1613 | 1678 |
Fermanagh | 62 | 60 | 62 | 65 | 67 | 66 | 70 |
Galway | 279 | 292 | 300 | 301 | 312 | 321 | 336 |
Kerry | 130 | 141 | 139 | 147 | 150 | 150 | 152 |
Kildare | 149 | 156 | 162 | 170 | 180 | 195 | 205 |
Kilkenny | 92 | 97 | 99 | 100 | 103 | 104 | 109 |
Laois | 48 | 53 | 55 | 54 | 58 | 58 | 61 |
Leitrim | 39 | 38 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 |
Limerick | 245 | 249 | 252 | 258 | 262 | 267 | 272 |
Longford | 40 | 43 | 44 | 46 | 43 | 43 | 45 |
Louth | 117 | 129 | 135 | 137 | 144 | 146 | 157 |
Mayo | 146 | 153 | 150 | 153 | 157 | 157 | 164 |
Meath | 162 | 179 | 190 | 202 | 221 | 227 | 235 |
Monaghan | 62 | 68 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 73 | 69 |
Offaly | 52 | 52 | 53 | 53 | 53 | 56 | 58 |
Roscommon | 66 | 69 | 73 | 79 | 82 | 86 | 84 |
Sligo | 83 | 89 | 97 | 98 | 97 | 100 | 102 |
Tipperary | 188 | 198 | 199 | 202 | 204 | 208 | 215 |
Tyrone | 107 | 103 | 104 | 103 | 102 | 106 | 110 |
Waterford | 99 | 99 | 104 | 107 | 109 | 109 | 90 |
Westmeath | 78 | 82 | 83 | 86 | 84 | 89 | 92 |
Wexford | 133 | 145 | 146 | 151 | 158 | 167 | 168 |
Wicklow | 150 | 165 | 174 | 177 | 174 | 178 | 190 |
Other | 66 | 135 | 124 | 135 | 154 | 150 | 164 |
Total | 5049 | 5444 | 5610 | 5805 | 6009 | 6188 | 6373 |
Table 2 – Number of secular solemnisers by county
County | 2014 |
---|---|
Clare | 1 |
Cork | 2 |
Dublin | 6 |
Galway | 1 |
Limerick | 1 |
Meath | 1 |
Wicklow | 2 |
Total | 14 |
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