John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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I heard the Tánaiste speak in the Dáil a couple of days ago about the new missions. He said the centre of economic gravity is shifting to the east. He spoke about the further development of our presence in the United States of America and a reconfiguration of our approach in Africa. He spoke about new missions in, for example, Indonesia. Can we go through the continents? It relates to the Vote. Mr. Cooney mentioned that we will have five new embassies and three new consulates. Where are we going to have them? That would be interesting to know. Where are we shutting down? That would also be interesting to know. What is the rationale for the shift?