Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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46. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in relation to the notification requirements for marriage and the fee for registering intent of marriage, which was increased from €150 to €200 in 2013, if she will provide details of the number of couples, per county, in tabular form, who have registered their intention to get married with the State since this increase; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9760/15]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Under Part 6 of the Civil Registration Act 2004, where a couple attend a registrar’s office and notify the registrar of their intention to marry they are required to pay a fee of €200. This fee was increased from €150 by way of Statutory Instrument 17/2013 which came into effect on 23 January 2013.

The number of notifications received between 23 January 2013 and 3 March 2015 from couples intending to marry, broken down by county, is outlined in the table.