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Divorce Process

3 questions from 3 TDs, between 29 May 2025 and 18 March 2026.

3
questions
3 written, 0 oral
3
TDs have asked
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parties and groups
Independents counted together
2
departments asked

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Who asks, by party

The party each TD belonged to on the day, in alphabetical order. Parties differ a lot in size, and members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them, so this shows who raised it, not how much a party cares about it.

  • Fine Gael2 from 2 TDs · 38 seats today
  • Sinn Féin1 from 1 TD · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them. Each question counts once.

  1. James Geoghegan
    1
  2. Michael Murphy
    1
  3. Sorca Clarke
    1

Asked of

The questions

Michael Murphy Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Social
1141. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the basis upon which the Office of the Registrar General requires the production of a third party’s birth certificate in order to recognise a foreign divorce for the purposes of a proposed marriage in the State; whether alternative forms of evidence of domicile at the time of divorce (including court pleadings, final judgments of divorce, and marria…
Sorca Clarke Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Justice
851. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons awaiting the granting of a divorce through the courts; the average waiting time for an application to be processed and finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47977/25]
James Geoghegan Written 29 May 2025 · to Social
447. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide an update on engagements between the General Registers Office and the Department of Justice on the commencement of section 59 of the Civil Registration Act 2004 on the registration of decrees of divorce and decrees of nullity; the timeline for when the register of decrees of divorce and decrees of nullity will be operational; and …