Registration of Marriage

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 20 January 2011

Thursday, 20 January 2011

Questions (177)

Pearse Doherty

Question:

177 Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection with regard to notification of intention to marry, if it is the case that a person born in the Six Counties is required to present his or her birth certificate bearing an apostille stamp or a letter from the relevant embassy; his views whether this should be the case for persons born in the North of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3172/11]

Written answers

Minister for Social Protection (Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív)

If a party intending to marry was born in this jurisdiction the requirement is that a birth certificate be produced. If a party intending to marry was born in the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland the options for a party intending to marry are to produce a birth certificate bearing an apostille or to have the birth certificate verified by stamping at the embassy.