While it would be impossible to answer all your questions on this site, we believe the questions listed below are among the more commonly asked. Hopefully the answers given will be of some assistance to you. You are of course welcome and encouraged to contact us for further information.
If he/she gets an annulment /Decree of Nullity can I get one too?
A Decree of Nullity applies to the Marriage itself not the parties. In other words, if the marriage is declared invalid, the decision involves both parties.
What about children?
The Church or The State does not view children as illegitimate. While the couple attempted marriage, it is presumed they did so in good faith. It should be remembered that a Church Decree of Nullity has no effect in Civil Law. It is important to point out to people nonetheless that they need, in time, to discuss the issue with their children insofar as age and understanding allows.
It is also advisable to contact a solicitor for advice on legal matters such as legal separation, custody of children, civil nullity or divorce.
How can it be said, “There never was a marriage”?
A Decree of Nullity means that a “valid” marriage never existed. It does not seek to deny either the existence of, or the respect that is due to, the relationship that did exist. Indeed the invalid marriage usually continues to give rise to certain obligations even after a declaration of nullity has been made. It would certainly be wrong to suggest that the invalid marriage had been a figment of people’s imagination.
Can I re-marry if a Decree of Nullity is granted?
A Decree of Nullity says that a Marriage was not valid. Therefore, in the eyes of the Church both parties are now unmarried (single) and thus free to enter marriage. There may be, on occasion, a caution attached regarding future marriage. This would involve cases where it is felt that the problems encountered in one union are likely to recur in another.
It must be remembered that the Law of the State must be adhered to if another marriage is contemplated.
What is the “Appeals Tribunal”?
It is not sufficient that any one Regional Tribunal declares a marriage to have been null and void. There exists, at national level, another Tribunal called the National Marriage Appeals Tribunal. In the event of an affirmative decision being reached at Regional level, the decision must be ratified by the Appeal Tribunal. Only on ratification of the decision of the Regional Tribunal by the National Marriage Appeal Tribunal, is a Decree of Nullity issued. Cases are taking approximately twelve months at Appeals Level.
How much does it cost?
There is no cost for the nullity process. Following the publication of Mitis Iudex, the Western Bishops decided not to charge petitioners for the services of the tribunal. However, when the process is concluded, petitioners are free to make a voluntary contribution to the work of the tribunal according to their own discretion.
Can I object to the investigation?
Yes, you can object and the most certain way of doing so is through your co-operation. This ensures that the fullest possible picture of your marriage is presented to The Tribunal and that the evidence is objective, complete and accurate.
Finally, it should be remembered that people have right to approach a Marriage Tribunal in order to have the circumstances of their particular marriage investigated. Once the approach is made, the Tribunal is obliged to respond, following the procedure outlined in this booklet.
Does the Tribunal have a Safeguarding Policy?
Yes. All information shared during the Tribunal process will be treated with respect and confidentiality. However, there are limits to the confidentiality in that if information is brought to the attention of the Tribunal concerning child sexual abuse, where an identified individual may pose a threat to children, the statutory authorities will be given the identified name/relationship or status and/or alleged victim’s name with the contact details of the person who is giving the information. This is in keeping with Tribunal Policy and the Catholic Church’s Policy – Safeguarding Children: Standards and Guidance Document for the Catholic Church in Ireland. The Designated Tribunal Safeguarding Officer is Mr. Kevin Duffy, Diocesan Pastoral Centre, Áras de Brún, Newtownsmith, Galway, phone number +353-87-6141736.
Does the Tribunal have a Privacy Statement and Policy?
Yes. This is our policy:
GALWAY REGIONAL MARRIAGE TRIBUNAL
Privacy Statement & Policy
Health & Benediction in the Lord
The Galway Regional Marriage Tribunal has published this Privacy Statement and Policy to demonstrate our commitment to protecting and respecting your personal data.
This Privacy Statement and Policy explains how we process information, in particular the personal data that we receive from you. Please read the following carefully to understand our practices regarding your personal data and how we treat it.
Who we are:
The ministry of the Galway Regional Marriage Tribunal is to investigate petitions presented by one of the parties concerning the circumstances of their marriage, and its possible invalidity. Marriage Tribunals are part of the pastoral care by the Church for those who have experienced the sadness of marriage breakdown. The question the Tribunal seeks to answer is: did a wedding become a marriage.
Over the centuries, based on the Gospel and the lived experience of married women and men, the Church has grown in its understanding of what makes a true marriage. Our ministry seeks to reflect the merciful love of Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Good Shepherd.
This ministry of the Galway Regional Marriage Tribunal, is exercised on behalf of the:
Archdiocese of Tuam;
Diocese of Achonry;
Diocese of Ardagh & Clonmacnoise;
Diocese of Clonfert;
Diocese of Elphin;
Diocese of Galway, Kilmacduagh & Kilfenora;
Diocese of Killala; and
Diocese of Killaloe;
under the Moderatorship of The Most Rev. Dr. Michael Duignan, Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh, and Apostolic Administrator of Kilfenora.
This Privacy Statement & Policy relates to this website. You may find links on our website to other websites over which this Tribunal does not have control. Once you have used these links to leave this website, any information you provide to these third parties is not covered by this Privacy Statement & Policy.
In addition, the Tribunal may operate social media accounts on other websites for example, Facebook and X (Twitter). You will need to consult the privacy polices of those websites for information on how these platforms utilise your personal data.
The Galway Regional Marriage Tribunal may be contacted through:
The Tribunal Administrator,
Galway Regional Marriage Tribunal,
7, Waterside,
Woodquay,
Galway,
Ireland
Telephone: +353 (0)91 565179
E-Mail: 7waterside@eircom.net
The Galway Regional Marriage Tribunal is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Statement & Privacy Policy explains our data processing practices and your options regarding the ways in which your personal data is used. This Privacy Statement & Privacy Policy is reflective of our compliance with Data Protection legislation in Ireland, to include the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Acts, (as amended).
For the purpose of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Data Controller for the Galway Regional Marriage is the Judicial Vicar with an address as above.
Information submitted to the Galway Regional Marriage Tribunal will be used to process the application for a declaration of nullity according to the principles and canons laid out in the Code of Canon Law (1983) of the Catholic Church, and to record information concerning the outcome of such an application.
Our Data Protection Officer
The Data Protection Officer for the Galway Regional Marriage Tribunal can be contacted at dpo@elphindiocese.ie
What information might we collect about you?
The Galway Regional Marriage Tribunal receives personal data about you in various ways including directly from the individual and sometimes from a parish, a family member, a diocese, employers, revenue, medical professionals, CCTV and webcams. The personal data that is collected may include:
– Information relating to the celebration of the Sacraments of Baptism, Holy Communion, Confirmation, Marriage or Holy Orders;
– Information relating to financial donations (requirements of the Charities Acts);
– Safeguarding information as required by the National Safeguarding Office and the Vetting Bureau of An Garda Síochána na hÉireann and/or other justice service, which may include data relating to criminal convictions and/or offences;
– Depending on your relationship with us we may also collect a range of different information about you including your name, contact details, date of birth, nationality, PPS number (where required by law), financial information (such as bank details), educational information, employment data and qualifications, information about your current involvement with the Galway Regional Marriage Tribunal, information on volunteer, CCTV recordings and photographs;
– Information collected through your use of this website such as IP addresses, dates and times of website visits, type of browser and cookie information;
– Special category data which reveals your religious beliefs may also be collected and processed.
Please understand that this list is not exhaustive.
Processing of personal information
Information shared by parties and witnesses with the Galway Regional Marriage Tribunal during the Tribunal process will be treated with respect and confidentiality. However, we will disclose Personal Data if it is believed in good faith that we are required to disclose it in order to comply with any applicable law, a summons, a search warrant, a court or regulatory order, or other statutory requirement.
Furthermore, where information is brought to the attention of the Galway Regional Marriage Tribunal concerning child sexual abuse, where an identified individual may pose a threat to children, the Designated Tribunal Officer for Safeguarding will be given the identified name/relationship or status and/or alleged victim’s name with the contact details of the person who has given the information. The Designated Tribunal Officer for Safeguarding will in turn pass on the information to the relevant statutory authorities. Where Church personnel are involved, the information will also be given to the relevant Church authority. This is in keeping with Tribunal Policy and the Policy of the Catholic Church – Safeguarding Children: Standards and Guidance Document for the Catholic Church in Ireland.
Any data processed on our behalf by contracted third party service providers, e.g. for the purpose of compiling professional reports will be bound by the same privacy standards. We will not disclose Personal Data to any other third parties unless we have consent to do so.
The Galway Regional Marriage Tribunal collects and processes information about you in a number of ways, including face to face meetings, correspondence, email, phone conversations, from parishes and via forms sent by the diocesan curiae and offices.
We must have a lawful basis for processing your information. This will vary according to the circumstances of how and why we have your information but typical examples include:
– That the activities are within our legitimate interests in advancing and maintaining the teachings of Christ in the Christian religion of the Catholic Church, in providing information about the activities of the Galway Regional Marriage Tribunal, and to raise charitable funds;
– You have given consent for us to process your information which can be withdrawn at any time by contacting us using the details below;
– We are carrying out necessary steps in relation to a contract to which you are party to or prior to you entering a contract;
– The processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation;
– The processing is necessary for carrying out a task in the public interest;
– The processing of data is necessary to protect your vital interest.
Should we process any Special Categories of Personal Data, we must have a further lawful basis for the processing. This may include:
– Where you have given explicit consent;
– Where the processing is necessary to protect the vital interest or someone else’s vital interests;
– Where the processing is carried out in the course of our legitimate interests of the Catholic Faith, working with and supporting our current and former members and the information is not shared outside the Galway Regional Marriage Tribunal and/or any Catholic ecclesiastical body enjoying canonical jurisdiction or powers of governance as detailed in the Code of Canon Law or in the Apostolic Constitution Pastor Bonus without your consent;
– You have made the information public;
– Where the processing is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal actions and /or claims;
– Where the processing is necessary for carrying out the Galway Regional Marriage Tribunal’s employment and social security obligations; or
– The processing is necessary for reasons of substantial public interest.
These are examples only, please contact us should you require further information.
Galway Regional Marriage Tribunal registers and tribunal papers (forms, statements, petitions, sentences , reports, acts, decrees and other papers)
The Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora, as Moderator of the Galway Regional Marriage Tribunal is deemed the sole controller of personal data and special category data contained in the Galway Regional Marriage Tribunal registers, tribunal papers and archive (both electronic, hard copy and/or paper) with respect to the storage, retention, standardisation, special annotation and addition of data. The Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora, along with the Judicial Vicar assigned to the Galway Regional Marriage Tribunal which holds the registers, tribunal papers and archive (both electronic, hard copy and/or paper), are each deemed together to be a joint-controller of the personal data and special category data in respect to the collection and recording of data in the registers, tribunal papers and archive (both electronic, hard copy and/or paper) held by the Galway Regional Marriage Tribunal.
Regarding personal data and special category data that is held to be processed in the Galway Regional Marriage Tribunal collection of registers, tribunal papers and archive (both electronic, hard copy and/or paper): the Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora, as Moderator of the Galway Regional Marriage Tribunal relies on the data protection principal of legitimate interest in preserving the information contained in registers, tribunal papers and archive (both electronic, hard copy and/or paper) as such registers record the administration of certain Holy Sacraments of the Catholic Church, specifically the Sacrament of Marriage which the Church teaches must only be administered once in the lifetime of a Christian couple. As personal data recorded in registers, tribunal papers and archive (both electronic, hard copy and/or paper) would be considered special category personal data, the following is the legal basis for processing such information: the Bishop of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora, as Moderator of the Galway Regional Marriage Tribunal relies on processing carried out in the course of the legitimate activities of the Galway Regional Marriage Tribunal with appropriate safeguards and such processing relates solely to those who have received the Sacrament of Baptism into the Church and/or Married in the Church. Personal data is not disclosed outside the Catholic Church without the consent the data subject. The Galway Regional Marriage Tribunal asserts legal and/or sacerdotal privilege and confidentiality over all proceedings and documents of the Tribunal.
Additionally, the processing of special categories of personal data by the Galway Regional Marriage Tribunal is asserted to be lawful as the processing is necessary for the purpose of providing or obtaining legal advice and/or for the purposes of, or in connection with, legal claims, prospective legal claims, legal proceedings or prospective legal proceedings, and/or is otherwise necessary for the purposes of establishing, exercising and/or defending legal rights pursuant to Section 47 of the Data Protection Act, 2018. The determinations of the Galway Regional Marriage Tribunal are based on ecclesiastical law, which regulates whether or not the Sacrament of Marriage was properly entered into by the parties to a marriage, and establish the right of a couple to validly marry in the Catholic Church.
Pursuant to Section 60(3)(a)(iv) & (3)(b) of the Data Protection Act, 2018, the Galway Regional Marriage Tribunal asserts that the restrictions on obligations of the Tribunal as data controller and consequently on the rights of data subjects are necessary and proportionate in contemplation of or for the establishment, exercise or defence of, a legal claim, prospective legal claim, legal proceedings or prospective legal proceedings whether before a court, statutory tribunal, statutory body or an administrative or out-of-court procedure, and/or that the personal data relating to a data subject may consist of an expression of opinion about the data subject by another person given in confidence or on the understanding that it would be treated as confidential to a person who has a legitimate interest in receiving the information.
Without prejudice to the above referenced parts of Section 60(3)(a)(iv) & (3)(b) of the Data Protection Act, 2018, the Galway Regional Marriage Tribunal as an ecclesial judicial tribunal, involved in legal and sacerdotal administrative and/or out-of-court procedures claims the benefit of the above sections in processing personal data which is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Tribunal as controller in the public interest and for the common good.
Certain registers, tribunal papers and archive (both electronic, hard copy and/or paper) are retained in the Galway Regional Marriage Tribunal are held in perpetuity of the lifetime of the party, following which such records are archived: such records deemed personal data and special category data are so retained in order to achieve the purpose of the correct administration of certain Holy Sacraments.
For what purpose do we use your information?
We use your information for a range of different purposes including:
– To facilitate the reception of the Holy Sacraments of Most Holy Communion, Marriage and/or Holy Orders, and in connection with our other activities;
– To general pastoral and spiritual care;
– To provide information you request from the Galway Regional Marriage Tribunal;
– To process various application forms;
– Communicating with you about Tribunal events;
– Dealing with complaints and enquiries;
– To administer, support, improve and develop the administration of the work of the Galway Regional Marriage Tribunal and operations and to keep the accounts and records of the Tribunal up to date;
– For auditing and statistical purposes;
– As authorised or required by any civil or criminal law applicable to us or arising from your interaction with us;
– To process job applications;
– Technical details in connection with visits to this website may be logged on the Tribunal server. Information collected by cookies is not used to identify you personally;
– CCTV recordings for security purposes and to help create a safer environment for our staff, members of the faithful, clergy, volunteers and visitors.
The Galway Regional Marriage Tribunal neither uses automatic decision making software nor does it engage in profiling.
Practical examples of how we process your Personal Data
We will only process your Personal Data in line with our ministry and the services we provide. This information may include your name, address, email address, phone number, etc. as provided by you for the provision of a service, e.g.:
- Signing up for a newsletter or event;
- Signing up for volunteer activities;
- Contacting us with a query in relation to information posted on our website.
Any data processed on our behalf by contracted third party service providers, e.g. for the purpose of enhancing the services we provide to you will be bound by the same privacy standards. We will not disclose Personal Data to any other third parties unless we have consent to do so.
We will disclose Personal Data if it is believed in good faith that we are required to disclose it in order to comply with any applicable law, a summons, a search warrant, a court or regulatory order, or other statutory requirement while observing the bounds of sacerdotal privilege.
You can choose to opt out of receiving information from us at any time by contacting the Tribunal Administrator at the contact details given above.
Cookies
“Cookies” are small pieces of information sent by a web server to a web browser, which enables the server to collect information from the browser. The website of the Galway Regional Marriage Tribunal uses cookies to improve navigation and to enable traffic monitoring. Non-registered visitors of the site may be sent anonymous cookies to keep track of their browsing patterns and build up a demographic profile.
Whilst you do not need to allow your browser to accept cookies in order to browse much of our web site or to access many of our services, you must have cookies enabled if you wish to access any areas reserved for registered users. Most browsers allow you to turn off the cookie function. If you want to know how to do this, please look at the help menu on your browser. As described above this will restrict the services you can use on our website.
With who do we share your information?
The information you give us is used by the Galway Regional Marriage Tribunal only in accordance with the purpose for which you provided the information and with your consent. This information will only be retained for as long as required for the purpose for which it was gathered.
We may share your information with government bodies for tax relief purposes or law enforcement agencies for the prevention and detection of crime.
Information will only be made available to third parties who assist us with our work. We may share information with service providers but only when an appropriate Service Provider Agreement/contract is in place outlining exactly what they are permitted to do. Any data processed in the course of such services is processed in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and national data protection law.
Where permitted by law, we reserve the right to release personal data without your consent and/or without consulting you, including when we believe that this is appropriate to comply with our legal obligations.
Where do we store your information?
We may store your information in hard copy or in electronic format, in storage facilities we own and operate ourselves, or that are owned and operated by our service providers.
How long do we retain your information?
We retain your personal information for as long as necessary with regard to the purposes for which it was collected or lawfully further processed, or for so long as may be necessary in light of our legal obligations. All information held is in accordance with the Galway Regional Marriage Tribunal retention policy.
Where a decree of nullity has been issued and provided and all procedural matters have
been completed:
- All electronic files will be deleted three months following the issuing of the decree of nullity, unless there is a case of recourse to the National Marriage Appeal Tribunal of Ireland or to the Roman Rota mentioned. Where the possibility of such recourse exists, the Judicial Vicar or Presiding Judge will decide whether there is any utility in preserving these acts in electronic form.
- All remaining expert reports in any form will be destroyed after three months unless the possibility of recourse has been raised.
- Twenty years after the decrees have been sent to the parties, the hard copies of the act will to be reduced so that only the original petition, sentence(s), decree of ratification, decree of nullity and other public documents are retained. A brief summary of the financial record of the case will be kept.
- Should it be confirmed that at least one party to the marriage has deceased, the acts shall be destroyed apart from the petition, sentences and decree of nullity and the record of costs.
After two conforming sentences have decreed that the nullity of the marriage is not proven
or following a negative sentence in First Instance which has not been appealed:
– Acts in electronic form will be deleted one year after the last decision provided they are kept in hard form. In the event that no hard copy exists of a particular document, a hard copy will to be made by printing and then the electronic version destroyed.
– The acts of the case (statements of parties and witnesses and reports) and any public documents and any essential documents from the procedural acts (e.g. citation, publication of the acts, etc.) are to be retained for 40 years. All other acts and correspondence may be destroyed unless some just cause demonstrates that a document be kept.
– Should it be confirmed that at least one party to the marriage is deceased, the acts shall be destroyed apart from the petition and sentences.
Where a Decree of Nullity has not been issued, nor has there been two conforming negative
sentences, and where all procedural matters have not been completed:
– Letters of application, fact forms, statements of parties and witnesses, citations and final note of contact to be retained. All else to be removed and destroyed unless the particular nature of the document renders retention necessary.
– The Presiding Judge or Judicial Vicar should be consulted in relation to any data in electronic form.
Data Protection Principles
We promise to follow the following data protection principles:
– Processing is lawful, fair, transparent. Our processing activities have lawful grounds. We always consider your rights as a Data Subject before processing personal data. We will provide you information regarding Processing upon request;
– Processing is limited to the purpose for which it was gathered;
– Processing is carried out using the minimum amount of Personal Data required for any purpose;
– We will not store your personal data for longer than needed;
– We will do our best to ensure the accuracy of data;
– We will do our best to ensure the integrity and confidentiality of data;
– We will use all reasonable means to avoid Breaches of Data. Where a Data Breach occurs, we will notify the relevant authority and follow their instructed next steps.
Data subject’s rights:
Those affected by this Privacy Statement & Privacy Policy have the following rights:
– Right to access: the right to request, access and copy of the personal information that we hold on you. We may charge a reasonable fee for two or more personal data requests. A single copy of personal data will be charged at no cost. Any access requests will need to be requested in writing or email. Evidence of identification will be required as this makes sure that the personal information is not given to the wrong person. Information will be sent within 1 month of receipt of the written request.
– Right to rectification: the right to have personal data rectified if it’s incorrect, out of date or incomplete.
– Right to be forgotten: the right to withdraw consent given to process data and the right to request that we delete personal data from our System (subject to compliance with any legal obligations or unless the data is required for any legal claims).
– The right to object how we use the personal data received (e.g. marketing purposes).
Data Transfers outside of the European Economic Area (EEA)
All personal data transferred within the European Union (EU)[1] and the European Economic Area (EEA)[2] is subject to the General Data Protection Regulation, 2018 (GDPR).
Personal data may be transferred to jurisdictions which are deemed to have similar safeguards in terms of data protection using the same criteria as if transferring within the European Union (EU) and/or the European Economic Area (EEA). Such jurisdictions include the:
United States of America (USA) [Commercial companies based in the United States of America participating in the EU-US Data Privacy Framework, 2023 (DPF)];
Principality of Andorra;
Argentine Republic;
Canada;
Faroe Islands of the Kingdom of Denmark;
United Kingdom (UK) [under the General Data Protection Regulation, 2018 (GDPR) & the Law Enforcement Directive, 2018 (LED) transposed into Irish law through the Data Protection Act, 2018] the British Crown Dependency of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, the British Crown Dependency of the Bailiwick of Jersey, and the British Crown Dependency of the Isle of Mann;
State of Israel;
Japan;
Republic of Korea;
Swiss Confederation (Switzerland);
Oriental Republic of Uruguay.
Personal data may only be transferred to other countries outside of the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA) in compliance with the conditions for such transfers laid down in Chapter V of the General Data Protection Regulation, 2018 (GDPR).
The Galway Regional Marriage Tribunal may rely on the following derogations for specific situations when transferring to third countries, including the Holy See:
Article 49.1(a) GDPR the data subject has explicitly consented to the proposed transfer, after having been informed of the possible risks of such transfers for the data subject due to the absence of an adequacy decision and appropriate safe-guards;
Article 49.2(b) GDPR the transfer is necessary for the performance of a contract between the data subject and the controller to the implementation of pre-contractual measures taken at the data subject’s request;
Article 49.2(c) GDPR the transfer is necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract concluded in the interest of the data subject between the controller and other natural or legal person;
Article 49.2(e) GDPR the transfer is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
Where a transfer could not be based on a provision in Article 45 or Article 46 GDPR, including the provisions on binding corporate rules, and none of the derogations for a specific situation referred to in the first sub-paragraph of this paragraph is applicable, a transfer to a third country or an international organisation may take place only if the transfer is not repetitive, concerns only a limited number of data subjects, is necessary for the purposes of compelling legitimate interests pursued by the controller which are not overridden by the interests or rights and freedoms of the data subjects, and the controller has assessed all the circumstances surrounding the data transfer and has on the basis of that assessment provided suitable safeguards with regard to the protection of personal data. The controller shall inform the data subject of the transfer and the compelling legitimate interests pursued. We rely on this derogation to transfer personal data with the Holy See.
Personal data is transferred to the Holy See for very specific and limited purposes. Such personal data is hand-delivered to the Apostolic Nunciature to Ireland, the diplomatic mission to the Holy See in Ireland, based in Dublin and sent to the Holy See by Diplomatic Pouch. On some occasions, where the personal data is not of a sensitive nature, documents may be sent via registered post. The Holy See takes every measure to ensure the ongoing security and confidentiality of all documents sent to the Holy See.
Some couples chose to be married in parishes, churches and chapels outside Ireland. To facilitate the celebration of the Sacrament of Marriage abroad, certain documentation must be sent to the local diocese where the couple are planning the celebration of their marriage. In many instances the couples courier such personal data to the parish themselves but on occasion this will be organised by a specific diocesan chancellery.
How to contact the appropriate Data Protection authority
Without prejudice to your right to recourse to law, should you wish to report a complaint or you feel that we have not addressed your concern in a satisfactory manner, you may contact:
Office of the Data Protection Commissioner,
21, Fitzwilliam Square South,
Dublin 2.,
Ireland
Telephone: +353 578 684 800, +353 761 104 800.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
The Galway Regional Marriage Tribunal reserves the right to make changes to this Privacy Statement & Privacy Policy.
Last updated Advent, 2024
Yours in Christ,
Very Rev. Fr. MARTIN WHELAN
Judicial Vicar of the Galway Regional Marriage Tribunal
[1] In addition to Ireland, the European Union member states consist of the Republic of Austria, Kingdom of Belgium, Republic of Bulgaria, Republic of Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czechia (Czech Republic), Kingdom of Denmark, Republic of Estonia, Republic of Finland, French Republic (France), Federal Republic of Germany, Hellenic Republic (Greece), Republic of Hungary, Italian Republic (Italy), Republic of Latvia, Republic of Lithuania, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Republic of Malta, Kingdom of the Netherlands, Republic of Poland, Portuguese Republic (Portugal), Romania, Slovak Republic (Slovakia), Republic of Slovenia, Kingdom of Spain and Kingdom of Sweden.
[2] The EEA includes EU countries and also the United Kingdom (UK), Iceland, Principality of Liechtenstein and Kingdom of Norway.
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