Holly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats)
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1331. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of same-sex couples who have been reunified under section 56 of the International Protection Act 2015 since its enactment. [2617/22]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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Records are not ordinarily maintained by my Department in a format that identifies whether or not an applicant for family reunification is in a same-sex marriage. However, following a manual search of family reunification records, I can confirm that no application has been identified where a same-sex couple has been approved for family reunification under Section 56 of the International Protection Act 2015. 

Under the provisions of the 2015 Act, to qualify, any couple must have been in a subsisting marriage or civil partnership prior to the date of the application for family reunification.

There is no entitlement under the 2015 Act for De-facto partnerships (same sex or otherwise); however, my Department's Non-EEA Policy Document on Family Reunification does provide options for such applications.