Written answers
Thursday, 8 May 2008
Department of Foreign Affairs
Diplomatic Representation
5:00 pm
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 267: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the seat of each Irish ambassador or permanent representative; the location of the embassy to which they are attached; the countries and international organisations to which they are accredited as ambassadors or permanent representatives; if they enjoy ambassadorial or counsellor rank with his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17745/08]
Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Ireland's diplomatic network consists of 75 resident Missions abroad, in addition to offices in Armagh and Belfast. These Missions also have over 80 additional accreditations to other countries and organisations. There are also 21 Honorary Consuls General and 67 Honorary Consuls who provide assistance to Irish citizens in 59 countries.
Ambassadorial appointments are made by the President on the advice of the Government. There is no specific grade attached to the post of Ambassador. The majority of Ireland's Heads of Mission, a term which covers Ambassadors, Permanent Representatives and Consuls General, are civil servants serving in the grade of Assistant Secretary. There is also a significant number of Heads of Mission who are in the grades of either Counsellor/Principal Officer or First Secretary/Assistant Principal Officer.
I have set out in the table below the locations and accreditations, both primary and secondary, of all Irish Ambassadors, Permanent Representatives and other Heads of Mission serving abroad.
Primary Accreditation | Secondary Accreditations |
Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay |
Australia (Canberra) | Fiji, New Zealand, |
Australia (Sydney/Consulate General) | |
Austria (Vienna) | Permanent Representative to the International Organisations based in Vienna |
Belgium (Brussels) | Permanent Representative to the Liaison Office of Ireland to the Partnership for Peace |
Brazil (Brasilia) | |
Bulgaria (Sofia) | |
Canada (Ottawa) | Jamaica, Bahamas |
China, (Beijing) | Mongolia |
China, (Shanghai — Consulate General) | |
Cyprus (Nicosia) | |
Czech Republic (Prague) | Ukraine |
Denmark (Copenhagen) | Iceland |
Egypt (Cairo) | Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Sudan |
Estonia (Tallinn) | |
Ethiopia (Addis Ababa) | Permanent Representative to the African Union |
Finland (Helsinki) | |
France (Paris) | Monaco |
Germany (Berlin) | |
Greece (Athens) | Albania, Republic of Serbia |
Holy See (Holy See) | |
Hungary (Budapest) | Republic of Montenegro, Republic of Kosovo |
India (New Delhi) | Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka |
Iran (Tehran) | Pakistan, Afghanistan |
Israel (Tel Aviv) | |
Italy (Rome) | Libya, San Marino, Permanent Representative to the Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the World Food Programme (WFP) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). |
Japan (Tokyo) | |
Korea(Seoul) | Democratic People's Republic of Korea(North Korea) |
Latvia (Riga) | |
Lesotho (Maseru) | |
Lithuania (Vilnius) | |
Luxembourg (Luxembourg) | |
Malawi (Lilongwe) | |
Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) | Thailand |
Malta (Valetta) | |
Mexico (Mexico City) | Colombia, Cuba, El Salvador, Peru, Venezuela |
Mozambique (Maputo) | Angola, Botswana |
Netherlands (The Hague) | |
Nigeria (Abuja) | Ghana, Liberia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Chad |
Norway (Oslo) | |
Palestinian National AuthorityWest Bank Representative Office(Ramallah) | |
Poland (Warsaw) | |
Portugal (Lisbon) | Morocco |
Romania (Bucharest) | Moldova |
Russia (Moscow) | Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan |
Saudi Arabia (Riyadh) | Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, UAE |
Singapore (Singapore) | Philippines, Brunei, Indonesia, East Timor |
Slovakia (Bratislava) | Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |
Slovenia (Ljubljana) | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia |
South Africa (Pretoria) | Democratic Republic of Congo, Zimbabwe |
Spain (Madrid) | Andorra, Tunisia |
Sweden (Stockholm) | |
Switzerland (Berne) | Algeria, Liechtenstein |
Tanzania (Dar-es-Salaam) | Burundi, Eritrea, Kenya |
Turkey (Ankara) | Azerbaijan |
Uganda (Kampala) | Rwanda |
UK (London) | |
UK (Cardiff — Consulate General) | |
UK (Edinburgh — Consulate General) | |
United States of America (Washington) | |
USA (Boston — Consulate General) | |
USA (Chicago — Consulate General) | |
USA (New York — Consulate General) | |
USA (San Francisco — Consulate General) | |
Vietnam (Hanoi) | Cambodia, Laos |
Zambia (Lusaka) | Namibia |
Sierra Leone (Freetown-Irish Aid Office) (Ambassador accredited from Nigeria | |
East Timor (Dili — Irish Aid Office) (Ambassador accredited from Singapore) |
Permanent Representations to International Organisations | |
Brussels | Permanent Representation of Ireland to the European Union |
Brussels | Permanent Representation to the Liaison Office of Ireland to the Partnership for Peace |
Strasbourg | Permanent Representation of Ireland to the Council of Europe |
Vienna | Permanent Mission of Ireland to the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) |
Paris | Permanent Representation to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and Permanent Delegation to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). |
Geneva | Permanent Mission of Ireland to the United Nations (UN) |
New York | Permanent Mission of Ireland to the United Nations (UN) |
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