Written answers
Thursday, 15 May 2025
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Departmental Data
Pádraig Rice (Cork South-Central, Social Democrats)
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256. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of same-sex marriages registered in the State in each of the years since 2015, by year, in tabular form. [25024/25]
Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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The Marriage Act 2015 provides for marriage of same-sex couples to be registered in Ireland as marriages.
The table below gives a breakdown of same-sex marriages which were registered in each of the years 2015 to 2024.
| Year of registration | Total |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 91 |
| 2016 | 1055 |
| 2017 | 767 |
| 2018 | 668 |
| 2019 | 640 |
| 2020 | 314 |
| 2021 | 500 |
| 2022 | 618 |
| 2023 | 646 |
| 2024 | 668 |
I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.
Pádraig Rice (Cork South-Central, Social Democrats)
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257. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of marriages registered in the State in each of the years since 2015, by year, in tabular form. [25025/25]
Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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The table below shows the number of marriages in Ireland which have been registered in the years 2015 to 2024.
| Year of registration | Total |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 22,113 |
| 2016 | 22,621 |
| 2017 | 22,018 |
| 2018 | 21,052 |
| 2019 | 20,335 |
| 2020 | 9,536 |
| 2021 | 17,231 |
| 2022 | 23,179 |
| 2023 | 21,163 |
| 2024 | 20,352 |
I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.
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