Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 19 January 2010
718 Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the number of marriages here involving non EU nationals and non Irish EU citizens in each of the years 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1307/10]
View answerThe Civil Registration Service does record information relating to the nationality but not the citizenship of persons marrying in Ireland. Prior to the commencement of the marriage provisions of the Civil Registration Act, 2004 in November, 2007, no information was recorded in relation to nationality. There is therefore no information available in relation to the nationality of persons who married here in the years 2004, 2005, 2006 and almost all of 2007.
It should be borne in mind that the legislation referred to above contains transitional provisions in respect of Roman Catholic marriages. Section 49(8) of the Civil Registration Act, 2004 provided that where a couple notified their intention to marry prior to the 5 th November 2007 in respect of a Roman Catholic marriage and the marriage was solemnised on or after that date, the certificate (Form A) provided for under section 11 of the Registration of Marriages (Ireland) Act, 1863 was used to effect registration. As the form in question did not provide for recording the nationality of the parties to these marriages, data relating to the nationality of the parties to such marriages is not available. The number of marriages registered on foot of these certificates in 2008 and 2009 is shown at 1 in the table. Statistics concerning the marriages of EU nationals and non-EU Nationals in Ireland in 2008 and 2009 is shown at 3 in the table.
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2008 |
20091 |
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1 |
Number of Roman Catholic Marriages registered on foot of ‘Form A’ which were solemnised between 01 January and 31 December |
6,012 |
298 |
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2 |
Number of registered marriages which were solemnised between 01 January and 31 December |
22,183 |
20,792 |
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3 |
Number of registered marriages which were solemnised between 01 January and 31 December between EU nationals (excluding Irish) and non-EU nationals |
544 |
1,116 |
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4 |
Number of registered marriages which were solemnised between 01 January and 31 December between EU nationals (excluding Irish) |
625 |
663 |
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5 |
Number of registered marriages which were solemnised between 01 January and 31 December between non-EU nationals |
613 |
633 |
