Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 84: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the honorary consuls appointed to represent Ireland; and the way and when they can be contacted by persons seeking information. [30899/07]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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At present, Ireland has a total of 86 Honorary Consuls and Honorary Consuls-General in some 57 countries who are available, as the need arises, to provide information. Their names and locations are contained in the list below.

Contact details for each Honorary Consul are to be found on this Department's website www.dfa.ie. Honorary Consulates are generally open during office hours each day, in line with local practice. An after hours emergency service is provided by the Honorary Consulate or the nearest Irish Embassy.

Our Honorary Consuls are not full-time officials of the Department of Foreign Affairs but are honorary appointees who undertake, in addition to their own occupations, to do invaluable work on behalf of Ireland. In particular, the dedicated and personal consular services that they provide to Irish citizens who find themselves in difficulty are greatly valued.

In addition, there is an Honorary Consular Agent in Manama, Bahrain (Mr. Tony Scannell) and an Honorary Vice-Consul in Lanzarote (Ms Eileen Izquierdo Lawlor) who has jurisdiction for the same Province, comprising Gran Canaria, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, as the Honorary Consul in Gran Canaria.