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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 10 Nov 1971

Vol. 256 No. 9

Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Marriage Statistics.

19.

asked the Minister for Health to list the various agencies or bodies in the State for the conducting and registration of marriages; and the number of marriages which were conducted or registered by each such body or agency for each of the past five years.

As the reply is in the form of a tabular statement, I propose with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, to circulate it with the Official Report.

Following is the statement:

The numbers of marriages registered, according to the mode of celebration, for the five years up to and including 1968, the latest year for which figures are available, are as follows:

Year

Marriages registered other than Catholic

Catholic marriages registered

Total marriages registered

Church of Ireland

Presbyterian

Methodist

Jewish

Other religious denominations

Civil marriages

Total

1964

412

103

31

7

3

66

622

15,506

16,128

1965

429

83

33

9

7

56

617

16,329

16,946

1966

444

117

33

8

4

79

685

16,164

16,849

1967

475

103

30

3

6

74

691

17,097

17,788

1968

465

120

31

8

13

96

733

18,260

18,993

NOTE: Registration of marriage according to the rites and ceremonies of the Roman Catholic Church is undertaken by the local Registrars of Births, Deaths and Marriages. Marriages according to the rites of other religious persuasions are registered either by the officiating clergyman or the District Registrar of Marriages, depending upon the procedure followed. Marriages by civil process are registered by District Registrars of Marriages.

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