Civil Marriages Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 July 2014

Tuesday, 8 July 2014

Questions (358)

Jerry Buttimer

Question:

358. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the number of registered solemnisers here, categorised by county and religious or secular group, currently and in each of the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29353/14]

Written answers

Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection

Part 6 of the Civil Registration Act, 2004 which provides for the law relating to marriages was commenced in 2007. Prior to 2007 religious bodies were responsible for the registration of their own solemnisers. The tables below reflect this as figures prior to 2008 are not available.

Table 1 contains details, broken down by county, of religious solemnisers. The ‘other’ figure in Table 1 refers to solemnisers whose address is outside the State and Northern Ireland.

Table 2 contains details, broken down by county, of secular solemnisers. Secular marriage was introduced by the Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2012 which was commenced in 2013.

Table 1 - Number of religious solemnisers by county

County	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Antrim	88	116	109	109	118	119	116
Armagh	47	65	68	72	73	74	80
Carlow	49	50	53	57	58	57	59
Cavan	95	98	101	100	101	105	104
Clare	111	121	121	126	126	124	127
Cork	510	533	548	559	570	578	592
Derry	88	91	97	99	99	106	107
Donegal	166	180	181	190	194	202	204
Down	64	99	101	102	103	110	113
Dublin	1238	1296	1375	1455	1540	1613	1678
Fermanagh	62	60	62	65	67	66	70
Galway	279	292	300	301	312	321	336
Kerry	130	141	139	147	150	150	152
Kildare	149	156	162	170	180	195	205
Kilkenny	92	97	99	100	103	104	109
Laois	48	53	55	54	58	58	61
Leitrim	39	38	41	42	43	44	45
Limerick	245	249	252	258	262	267	272
Longford	40	43	44	46	43	43	45
Louth	117	129	135	137	144	146	157
Mayo	146	153	150	153	157	157	164
Meath	162	179	190	202	221	227	235
Monaghan	62	68	70	70	70	73	69
Offaly	52	52	53	53	53	56	58
Roscommon	66	69	73	79	82	86	84
Sligo	83	89	97	98	97	100	102
Tipperary	188	198	199	202	204	208	215
Tyrone	107	103	104	103	102	106	110
Waterford	99	99	104	107	109	109	90
Westmeath	78	82	83	86	84	89	92
Wexford	133	145	146	151	158	167	168
Wicklow	150	165	174	177	174	178	190
Other	66	135	124	135	154	150	164
Total	5049	5444	5610	5805	6009	6188	6373

Table 2 – Number of secular solemnisers by county

County	2014
Clare	1
Cork	2
Dublin	6
Galway	1
Limerick	1
Meath	1
Wicklow	2
Total	14