Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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484. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an explanation for the circumstances behind the downgrading of the registrar's office in the health centre in Mullingar in County Westmeath, resulting in the removal of the authority to conduct civil marriages or civil partnerships in the Mullingar area from that office; the reason same has been transferred to Athlone primary care centre, when all of the highly qualified staff are available to carry out these functions and to licence new marriage venues in the Mullingar area; when exactly the civil marriage service and licensing of marriage venues in the Mullingar area is likely to be returned to the Mullingar health centre; if other marriage registration offices nationally have been affected by similar downgrading; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26363/15]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The Civil Registration Service is operated by the Health Service Executive on behalf of the General Register Office under the aegis of the Department of Social Protection. I have referred your question to the Health Service Executive to address the specific issues raised and for direct reply to the Deputy.