I propose to take Questions Nos. 642 and 643 together.
A person must be a registered Solemniser in order that they can solemnise a legally valid marriage in Ireland. To become a registered Solemniser a person must have an application made on their behalf, by an authorised body, to have that person added to the Register of Solemnisers. Section 45 of the Civil Registration Act 2004 defines the bodies that are permitted to apply to have persons added to the Register of Solemnisers.
This section was amended by section 2 of the Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2012 (CRAA 2012), to allow a secular body to make such an application. The full list of bodies that are permitted to make an application are: the Health Service Executive, a religious body, or a secular body. There are no plans at present to extend the Register of Solemnisers to include persons who are not a member of the aforementioned bodies.