Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
Link to this: Individually | In context

Question 75: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the annual cost of maintaining the Irish embassies in London, Washington DC, Brussels, Moscow, Buenos Aires and Canberra for the years 2007 to 2011, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8703/12]

Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
Link to this: Individually | In context

The budget for each of the Missions in question for 2007 to 2011 is provided in the following table. These budgets comprise the locally-devolved administrative budget, including local staff salaries but not salaries of diplomatic staff, which are a charge on the Headquarters budget. Likewise, my Department's small capital budget is not allocated to missions on an ongoing basis but is managed from Headquarters. The budget for the Embassy in Brussels includes the administrative costs associated with Ireland's participation in the Partnership for Peace. The budget for the Embassy in London includes the cost of administering a dedicated Passport office that is located there.