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Committee on the Reform of Marriage Law has recently published a set of discussion papers (which are available on the Reform of Marriage Law page of our website: http://www.groireland.ie/reform_of_marriage_law.htm). The Committee is due to furnish a report to Government on the reform of marriage law by the end of this year. Any of the proposals in this report that are approved by the Government will then require appropriate leglislation to be passed by the Oireachtas (the Irish Parliament). It is too early to predict exactly when this process might be finalised but it is hoped that this would be sometime in 2004. If you wish to contact the Committee to offer observations on the papers or make a particular enquiry on some aspect of the proposals contact Ian Quinn, Joint Secretary to the committee
Phone 01-7043953 Or by writing to Ian at,
Inter-Departmental Committee on Reform of Marriage Law PS There are fairly significant changes proposed to the three month notification requirement, see discussion paper No2 on website, but the final form they will take must await the publication of the report to Government.
The following is a summary of the rules for getting married
in Ireland.
To view a more detailed overview please visit this link http://www.irishweddingsonline.com/GettingMarried.htm
If you wish to be married in a registry office you will require either a registrar’s licence or certificate. Notice must be given to the registrar in your local area. A registrar’s certificate requires the parties to reside in the local district of the registrar for seven days before serving notice. After that, they may marry after 21 days from the day of entry of notice by the registrar. The registrar’s licence requires one of the parties to live in the local registrar’s district for at least 15 days before giving notice. If the other party also lives in the same area, at least 7 days notice must be given. If you live in different districts, 15 days notice must be given in each district. Seven days after the day of entry of notice by the registrar, the marriage may take place. Both licences and certificates are valid for 3 months from the day notice is served. The ceremony in a registrar’s office is quite short and couples must bring two adult witnesses. Guests are welcome but you should check before the ceremony how many guests could be catered for inside the registry office. Registrar of Civil Marriages List of Registrars (with telephone numbers) of Civil and religious marriages other than Roman Catholic marriages: (This list is correct as at January 1, 1999 but is subject to change without notice.) County Name Telephone |
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