Written answers
Tuesday, 19 April 2011
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Departmental Staff
8:00 pm
Seán Kenny (Dublin North East, Labour)
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Question 61: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of staff and their grades in each Irish embassy and honorary consul office. [8486/11]
Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below. The figures take account of officers of other Government Departments serving in our Missions abroad, most notably Ireland's Permanent Representation to the EU in Brussels and in Visa Offices operated within Embassies by staff seconded from the Department of Justice and Equality. Those include some staff whose salaries and other costs are borne by their parent Departments. Positions marked with an asterisk are filled by personnel engaged through local employment agencies and not directly employed by the Missions.
The figures exclude programme staff employed locally by Irish Aid. Also excluded are Irish Honorary Consuls and their staff none of whom are State employees. The Irish diplomatic and consular network is relatively modest in scale compared with countries of similar size and international profile. Overall, diplomatic relations are maintained with 176 countries through a network of 75 Missions, including non-resident accreditations. As the table indicates, Missions are generally small. Over half of our offices have two or fewer diplomatic officers; seven operate with only one.
Mission | Grades and Numbers |
Abu Dhabi(including Visa Office) | 1 Counsellor (Ambassador)1 Third Secretary1 Higher Executive Officer3 Executive Officers1 Personal Assistant1 Clerk Secretary2 Clerk Secretaries1 Driver/Administrator1 Driver/Messenger |
Abuja(including Visa Office) | 1 Counsellor (Ambassador)1 Third Secretary1 Higher Executive Officer3 Executive Officers1 Office Manager1 Personal Assistant1 Clerk Secretary4 Driver/Messengers3 Visa Assistants1 Attaché |
Addis Ababa | 1 Counsellor (Ambassador)1 Senior Development Specialist2 Development Specialists1 Third Secretary1 Personal Assistant2 Clerk Secretaries1 Driver/Messenger |
Ankara | 1 Counsellor (Ambassador)1 First Secretary1 Third Secretary1 Personal Assistant2 Clerk Secretaries1 Driver/Messenger |
Athens | 1 Counsellor (Ambassador)1 First Secretary1 Third Secretary3 Clerk Secretaries1 Driver/Messenger |
Atlanta | 1 First Secretary (Consul General)1 Clerk Secretary |
Beijing(including Visa Office) | 1 Assistant Secretary (Ambassador)1 Counsellor1 First Secretary1 Third Secretary1 Higher Executive Officer2 Executive Officers1 Clerical Officer1 Office manager1 Receptionist*3 Interpreters*5 Administration Staff*3 Driver/Messengers*2 Maintenance Officers*3 Cleaners* |
Berlin | 1 Assistant Secretary (Ambassador)1 Counsellor2 First Secretaries1 Assistant Principal Officer1 Third Secretary1 Personal Assistant4 Clerk Secretaries1 Driver/Messenger |
Berne | 1 Assistant Secretary (Ambassador)1 Third Secretary2 Clerk Secretaries1 Driver/Messenger |
Boston | 1 First Secretary (Consul General)1 Third Secretary1 Senior Clerk Secretary2 Junior Clerk Secretaries |
Brasilia | 1 Counsellor (Ambassador)1 Third Secretary1 Personal Assistant1 Office Manager1 Clerk Secretary1 Driver/Messenger |
Bratislava | 1 Counsellor (Ambassador)1 Higher Executive Officer1 Personal Assistant1 Clerk Secretary1 Driver/Messenger |
Brussels – Embassy(including Partnership for Peace Liaison Office) | 1 Assistant Secretary (Ambassador)1 Counsellor3 Principal Officers/Irish Military equivalents2 Assistant Principal Officers/Irish Military equivalents1 First Secretary1 Higher Executive Officer1 Clerical Officer3 Clerk Secretaries1 Driver/Messenger |
Brussels - Permanent Representation of Ireland to the European Union | 1 Assistant Secretary (Permanent Representative)1 Assistant Secretary (Deputy Permanent Representative)1 Brigadier General3 Counsellors9 Principal Officers8 First Secretaries21 Assistant Principal Officers/Irish Military equivalents4 Third Secretaries2 Higher Executive Officers5 Executive Officers21 Clerical Officers3 Clerk Secretaries2 Driver/Messengers1 Messenger |
Bucharest | 1 Counsellor (Ambassador)1 First Secretary1 Personal Assistant*3 Clerk Secretary*1 Driver Messenger* |
Budapest | 1 Counsellor (Ambassador)1 First Secretary1 Personal Assistant2 Clerk Secretaries1 Driver/Messenger |
Buenos Aires | 1 Counsellor (Ambassador)1 Third Secretary1 Personal Assistant1 Clerk Secretary0.6 Consular Assistant*1 Driver/Messenger |
Cairo | 1 Counsellor (Ambassador)1 First Secretary1 Third Secretary1 Office Manager1 Personal Assistant /Accounts Clerk2 Clerk Secretaries2 Driver/Messengers1 Messenger |
Canberra | 1 Counsellor (Ambassador)1 First Secretary1 Office Manager1 Senior Clerk1 Clerk Secretary1 Receptionist2.5 Passport Officers1 Driver/Messenger |
Chicago | 1 Counsellor (Consul General)1 Third Secretary3.4 Clerk Secretaries |
Copenhagen | 1 Second Secretary (Ambassador)1 Third Secretary1 Personal Assistant2 Clerk Secretaries1 Driver/Messenger0.4 Office Cleaner |
Strasbourg - Council of Europe | 1 Assistant Secretary (Ambassador)1 Third Secretary1 Office Manager1 Driver/Messenger1 Administrative Assistant |
Dar-Es-Salaam | 1 Counsellor (Ambassador)1 Senior Development Specialist2 Development Specialists1 Third Secretary1 Personal Assistant1 Clerk Secretary1 Driver/Messenger |
Dili | 1 Development Specialist (Head of Mission)1 Executive Officer1 Clerk Secretary |
Freetown | 1 First Secretary (Head of Mission)1 Third Secretary1 Driver/Administrator |
Edinburgh | 1 First Secretary (Consul General)1 Clerical Officer1 Clerk Secretary |
Geneva PMUN | 1 Assistant Secretary (Ambassador)1 Principal Officer2 First Secretaries1 Assistant Principal Officer1 Third Secretary1 Higher Executive Officer1 Executive Officer2 Clerical Officers1 Personal Assistant1 Clerk Secretary1 Driver/Messenger |
Hanoi | 1 Principal Officer (Ambassador)1 Senior Development Specialist1 Development Specialist1 First Secretary1 Clerical Officer1 Personal Assistant1 Clerk Secretary1 Driver/Messenger |
Helsinki | 1 Counsellor (Ambassador)1 Third Secretary2 Clerk Secretaries1 Driver/Messenger |
Holy See | 1 Deputy Secretary (Ambassador)1 Third Secretary1 Office Manager1 Clerk Secretary1 Driver/Messenger |
Kampala | 1 Counsellor (Ambassador)1 Senior Development Specialist1 Development Specialist1 Third Secretary1 Personal Assistant2 Clerk Secretaries1 Driver/Messenger |
Kuala Lumpur | 1 Assistant Secretary (Ambassador)1 First Secretary3.5 Clerk Secretaries2 Driver/Messengers |
Lisbon | 1 Assistant Secretary (Ambassador)1 First Secretary2 Clerk Secretaries1 Driver/Messenger |
Lilongwe | 1 Counsellor (Ambassador)1 Principal Development Specialist1 Development Specialist1 Third Secretary1 Clerk Secretary |
Ljubljana | 1 Counsellor (Ambassador)1 Third Secretary1 Personal Assistant1 Clerk Secretary1 Driver/Messenger |
London(including Visa Office and Passport Office) | 1 Deputy Secretary (Ambassador)2 Counsellors1 Principal Officer3 First Secretaries3 Assistant Principal Officers2 Third Secretaries4 Higher Executive Officers2 Executive Officers17 Clerical Officers3 Services Officers1 Garda Liaison Officer1 Personal Assistant8 Clerk Secretaries2 Driver/Messengers1 Maintenance Officer |
Lusaka | 1 Principal Officer (Ambassador)1 Senior Development Specialist1 Third Secretary1 Personal Assistant1 Clerk Secretary1 Driver/Messenger |
Luxembourg | 1 First Secretary (Ambassador)1 Personal Assistant2 Secretary/Typists1 Driver/Messenger |
Madrid | 1 Assistant Secretary (Ambassador)1 First Secretary1 Third Secretary1 Executive Officer1 Garda Liaison Officer1 Personal Assistant3 Clerk Secretaries4 Secretaries1 Driver/Messenger |
Maputo | 1 Counsellor (Ambassador)1 Senior Development Specialist2 Development Specialists1 Third Secretary1 Personal Assistant1 Clerk Secretary1 Driver/Messenger |
Maseru | 1 Principal Officer (Ambassador)1 Senior Development Specialist1 Clerk Secretary1 Driver Messenger |
Mexico | 1 Counsellor (Ambassador)1 First Secretary1 Third Secretary1 Personal Assistant2 Clerk Secretaries1 Driver/Messenger1 Driver/Messenger* |
Moscow(including Visa Office) | 1 Assistant Secretary (Ambassador)1 First Secretary1 Third Secretary1 Higher Executive Officer3 Executive Officers2 Clerical Officers2 Secretary/Translators5 Clerk Secretaries2 Driver/Messengers1 Electrician/Handyman |
New Delhi(including Visa Office) | 1 Assistant Secretary (Ambassador)1 Assistant Principal Officer1 Third Secretary1 Higher Executive Officer3 Executive Officers1 Office Manager1 Executive Assistant1 Visa Manager3 Clerk Secretaries3 Visa Clerks1 Driver/Messenger1 Messenger |
New York CG | 1 Counsellor (Consul General)2 First Secretaries1 Third Secretary1 Executive Officer1 Personal Assistant8 Clerk Secretaries1 Receptionist1 Driver/Messenger1 Messenger |
New York PMUN | 1 Deputy Secretary (Ambassador)2 Counsellors5 First Secretaries1 Third Secretary1 Executive Officer1 Personal Assistant4 Clerk Secretaries1 Driver/Messenger |
Nicosia | 1 First Secretary (Ambassador)1 Clerical Officer1 Personal Assistant1 Clerk Secretary1 Driver/Messenger |
Oslo | 1 Assistant Secretary (Ambassador)1 Third Secretary1 Personal Assistant1 Clerk Secretary1 Driver/Messenger |
Ottawa | 1 Assistant Secretary (Ambassador)1 First Secretary1 Third Secretary1 Personal Assistant1 Clerk Secretary1 Visa/Accounts Officer1 Administrator1 Driver/Messenger |
Paris | 1 Assistant Secretary (Ambassador)1 Counsellor1 First Secretary1 Assistant Principal Officer2 Third Secretaries1 Garda Liaison Officer1 Personal Assistant8 Clerk Secretaries1 Driver/Messenger1 Messenger |
Paris OECD | 1 Counsellor (Ambassador)1 First Secretary1 Personal Assistant |
Prague | 1 Deputy Secretary (Ambassador)1 First Secretary4 Clerk Secretaries1 Attaché1 Driver/Messenger |
Pretoria | 1 Assistant Secretary (Ambassador)1 First Secretary1 Development Specialist1 Assistant Principal1 Third Secretary4 Clerk Secretaries1 Consular Officer1 Consular Assistant*2 Driver/Messengers |
Ramallah | 1 Counsellor (Representative)1 Third Secretary1 Office Manager1 Clerk Secretary1 Driver/Administrator1 Driver/Messenger |
Riga | 1 First Secretary (Ambassador)1 Personal Assistant*1 Consular Assistant* |
Riyadh | 1 Counsellor (Ambassador)1 First Secretary1 Personal Assistant1 Office Manager2 Clerk Secretary3 Driver/Messengers1 Maintenance/Technician |
Rome | 1 Assistant Secretary (Ambassador)1 Principal Officer1 First Secretary1 Third Secretary1 Personal Assistant4.8 Clerk Secretaries2 Driver/Messengers |
San Francisco | 1 Assistant Principal Officer (Consul General)1 Third Secretary1 Office Manager2 Clerk Secretaries |
Seoul | 1 Assistant Secretary (Ambassador)1 First Secretary1 Personal Assistant1 Office Manager1 Receptionist1 Driver/Messenger |
Shanghai | 1 Counsellor (Consul General)1 Third Secretary1 Clerical Officer1 Receptionist*1 Personal Assistant/Interpreter*1 Visa Clerk*1 Driver/Messenger* |
Singapore | 1 Assistant Secretary (Ambassador)1 Third Secretary1 Administrative Officer1 Personal Assistant1 Clerk Secretary1 Clerk Secretary*1 Driver/Messenger |
Sofia | 1 Counsellor (Ambassador)1 Third Secretary3 Clerk Secretaries*1 Driver/Messenger* |
Stockholm | 1 Assistant Secretary (Ambassador)1 Third Secretary1 Personal Assistant2 Clerk Secretaries1 Driver/Messenger |
Sydney | 1 First Secretary (Consul General)1 Third Secretary1 Personal Assistant1 Consular/Passport Officer1 Consular Officer/Receptionist |
Tallinn | 1 First Secretary (Ambassador)1 Personal Assistant1 Clerk Secretary |
Tehran | 1 Counsellor (Ambassador)1 Third Secretary1 Personal Assistant1 Clerk Secretary2 Driver/Messengers |
Tel Aviv | 1 Counsellor (Ambassador)1 First Secretary1 Personal Assistant2 Clerk Secretaries1 Driver/Messenger |
The Hague | 1 Assistant Secretary (Ambassador)1 First Secretary1 Third Secretary1 Garda Liaison Officer1 Personal Assistant3 Clerk Secretaries1 Driver/Messenger |
Tokyo | 1 Assistant Secretary (Ambassador)1 First Secretary1 Third Secretary1 Office Manager1 Press & Cultural Attaché5 Clerk Secretaries1 Driver/Messenger |
Valletta | 1 First Secretary (Ambassador)1 Personal Assistant*1 Clerk Secretary* |
Vienna Embassy | 1 Assistant Secretary (Ambassador)1 First Secretary1 Third Secretary3 Clerk Secretaries1 Secretary/Administrative Assistant1 Driver/Messenger |
Vienna OSCE | 1 Assistant Secretary (Ambassador)2 First Secretaries1 Third Secretary1 Attaché1 Personal Assistant3 Clerk Secretaries1 Driver/Messenger |
Vilnius | 1 Counsellor (Ambassador)1 Third Secretary1 Personal Assistant*0.5 Clerk Secretary*1 Driver/Messenger* |
Warsaw | 1 Assistant Secretary (Ambassador)1 First Secretary1 Third Secretary1 Agriculture Inspector1 Personal Assistant2 Receptionist/Secretary/ Translators1 Driver/Messenger |
Washington | 1 Second Secretary (Ambassador)2 Counsellors1 Principal Officer2 First Secretaries1 Assistant Principal Officer1 Third Secretary1 Executive Officer2 Clerical Officers1 Agriculture Inspector1 Personal Assistant5 Clerk Secretaries1 Driver/Messenger1 Caretaker/Messenger |
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