772. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection the procedure by which a person resident in the State who was married in the Lithuanian Embassy in Dublin prior to 2020 may have that marriage registered or otherwise recognised; if any provision exists under the Civil Registration Act 2004 for the registration of marriages solemnised in foreign diplomatic missions in the State; and if he is aware that…
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27 questions from 15 TDs, between 20 February 2025 and 16 September 2026.
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1352. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that the civil registration office in Tullamore, County Offaly, has advised a person seeking to register a marriage solemnised in a foreign embassy in the State that it does not have staff trained to provide this service; the training provided to HSE civil registration staff on marriages with a foreign or diplomatic element; the arrangements in p…
899. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health to supply the travel and subsistence claimed, by all ranks of Registrars from the Civil Registration Service north-east for each of the months from 1 May 2025 to 1 May 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53577/26]
1233. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Health when the post of grade V senior registrar/marriage solemniser will be filled for the Tullamore Civil Registration Office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35279/26]
1234. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Health the number of marriages registered with the Tullamore Civil Registration Office in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35280/26]
1235. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Health the number of civil marriage ceremonies performed by the Registrar/Marriage Solemniser attached to the Tullamore Civil Registration office in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35281/26]
1236. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Health the number of attempted bookings for the marriage registration service in Tullamore which were unable to be accommodated since January 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35282/26]
378. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Health for an update on the civil registration service in Tullamore County Offaly, specifically in terms of progressing the recruitment of a grade V senior registrar/marriage solemniser through temporary staffing arrangements and agency backfill, with the aim of resuming the full civil registration service in Tullamore as soon as possible; and if she will make a stat…
628. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection the purpose of the proposed new registration (amendment) Bill described in the Spring Legislative Programme as developing amendments to further support the operation of the Civil Registration Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16518/26]
784. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health whether there is currently a registrar in post in the Tralee Civil Registration Office; if not, the reason an interim or deputy registrar has not been appointed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16256/26]
785. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the arrangements that are currently in place in County Kerry to ensure the timely registration of deaths; whether the Civil Registration Office in Killarney is now operating as the principal office for the county; whether its current opening hours are sufficient to meet demand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16257/26]
448. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to delays in securing marriage notification appointments in the Cork area; his Department's plans, if any, to reduce these waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11236/26]
883. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health the reason there is a one-year wait for people who are citizens outside of the EU to be called for an interview to be married in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4296/26]
184. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the action being taken by her Department and the HSE to deal with the backlog in marriage notification appointments and interviews of convenience in Cork civil registration offices in view of the 18 month waiting list; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2799/26]
185. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the action being taken by her Department and the HSE to deal with the backlog in marriage notification appointments and interviews of convenience in civil registration offices across the country, in view of the current waitlists and backlogs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2800/26]
186. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the current number of vacancies in each HSE civil registration office, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2801/26]
187. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if consideration would be given to the provision of a cancellation list mechanism for marriage notification appointments and interviews of convenience in view of ongoing waitlists and backlogs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2802/26]
1184. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason the law restricts civil solemnisation exclusively to HSE-employed registrars; whether there are policy or safeguarding reasons underpinning this; if there are plans to review or update legislation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58394/25]
905. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health the reason the law restricts civil solemnisation exclusively to HSE-employed registrars; if there are policy or safeguarding reasons underpinning this; and if there are plans to review or update legislation (detail supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55441/25]
644. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps that must be taken and the documentary evidence that must be provided, by a couple giving notification to marry to the Civil Registration Services, where that notification is of a timeframe shorter than the standard three months due to the medically affirmed likelihood of a greatly shortened lifespan of one of the couple; and if he will mak…
824. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the steps that must be taken, and documentary evidence that must be provided, by a couple giving notification to marry to the civil registration services, where that notification is of a timeframe shorter than the standard three months due to the medically affirmed likelihood of a greatly shortened lifespan of one of the couple; and if she will make a statement…
794. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Social Protection the policy for listing party 1 and party 2 on marriage certificate documentation; if this policy differs between same-sex and heterosexual couples; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23461/25]
1124. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the date on which the 1925 civil births, 1955 civil marriages, and 1975 civil deaths will be published on a website (details supplied). [20410/25]
1528. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the number of civil registration service offices in operation in counties Leitrim and Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10842/25]
454. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that the Civil Registration Service online appointment booking system requests that interpreters be present for any language other than English, despite the official status of the Irish language; if she will confirm that appointments can be conducted in Irish without interpretation; if she will confirm that Irish sign language will be fully faci…