Written answers
Wednesday, 12 October 2011
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Diplomatic Representation
7:00 pm
Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 40: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of embassies this State has; the location of these embassies; the current number of staff in these embassies and the way staffing levels compare to each of the years 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010; the budgets provided to each of these embassies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29076/11]
Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Ireland has 58 Embassies, 7 multilateral missions and 11 Consulates General and other offices overseas. In addition to their country of primary accreditation, many Ambassadors are also accredited to additional countries on a non-resident basis. The budget of each Mission is considered to be the locally-devolved administrative (day-to-day) budget including local staff salaries but not salaries of diplomatic staff, which are a charge on the Headquarters budget. Likewise, my Department's capital budget is not allocated to missions on an ongoing basis but is managed from Headquarters. Details of the budgets are included in the table below. The budgets of missions that manage significant programmes on behalf of Irish Aid reflect the additional management and oversight required for the effective implementation of those important programmes.
Administrative Budgets for Missions under Vote 28
Mission Name | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
BERNE | 410,913 | 437,412 | 427,988 | 429,447 |
BERLIN | 989,049 | 1,087,413 | 1,021,130 | 907,409 |
BOSTON | 358,449 | 340,432 | 373,100 | 377,114 |
BRUSSELS (EMBASSY) | 786,135 | 797,848 | 866,057 | 564,559 |
BRUSSELS (PR-EU) | 3,212,811 | 3,287,727 | 3,312,397 | 3,322,071 |
BUENOS AIRES | 322,915 | 356,510 | 372,902 | 438,541 |
CAIRO | 423,112 | 460,950 | 396,525 | 382,190 |
CANBERRA | 685,692 | 735,778 | 659,319 | 760,935 |
CHICAGO | 374,739 | 361,004 | 326,566 | 345,200 |
COPENHAGEN | 489,824 | 453,531 | 423,347 | 400,517 |
GENEVA | 1,025,326 | 1,100,971 | 1,075,171 | 1,158,745 |
THE HAGUE | 796,322 | 655,764 | 652,976 | 741,184 |
HOLY SEE | 507,171 | 465,421 | 429,188 | 435,726 |
ABUJA | 340,829 | 482,313 | 290,016 | 278,241 |
LISBON | 372,323 | 421,384 | 376,881 | 347,406 |
LONDON (Includes PPO London) | 4,802,407 | 4,176,511 | 3,807,568 | 3,448,547 |
LUXEMBOURG | 689,555 | 697,480 | 692,201 | 687,546 |
MADRID | 1,111,591 | 1,187,876 | 1,192,169 | 1,073,062 |
MOSCOW | 894,959 | 621,369 | 759,994 | 758,895 |
NEW DELHI | 675,856 | 746,064 | 474,056 | 743,338 |
NEW YORK - PMUN | 1,830,274 | 2,163,309 | 1,266,438 | 1,773,546 |
NEW YORK - C.G. | 2,078,888 | 1,695,637 | 1,761,317 | 1,798,093 |
OTTAWA | 555,007 | 518,918 | 484,809 | 555,300 |
PARIS | 1,735,974 | 1,728,866 | 1,684,107 | 1,698,403 |
ROME | 1,123,927 | 1,226,389 | 1,200,155 | 1,187,410 |
SAN FRANCISCO | 440,660 | 447,138 | 418,088 | 427,629 |
STOCKHOLM | 425,044 | 405,238 | 396,501 | 474,031 |
TEHRAN | 315,880 | 361,419 | 508,622 | 449,698 |
TOKYO | 1,512,360 | 1,527,528 | 2,040,450 | 1,581,230 |
VIENNA | 623,208 | 653,183 | 636,769 | 654,487 |
WASHINGTON DC | 1,309,597 | 1,170,402 | 1,200,800 | 1,236,780 |
OSLO | 681,225 | 684,003 | 594,344 | 551,146 |
STRASBOURG | 411,768 | 429,925 | 425,598 | 415,027 |
RIYADH | 354,774 | 360,173 | 505,645 | 344,037 |
ATHENS | 473,132 | 466,756 | 479,663 | 489,042 |
BEIJING | 717,438 | 702,587 | 674,053 | 728,852 |
SEOUL | 463,052 | 702,932 | 336,119 | 677,583 |
WARSAW | 859,674 | 900,958 | 823,095 | 782,993 |
HELSINKI | 532,898 | 440,335 | 560,166 | 526,400 |
PRETORIA | 780,024 | 710,107 | 533,210 | 684,301 |
PRAGUE | 576,003 | 562,068 | 544,386 | 566,321 |
KUALA LUMPUR | 360,576 | 349,914 | 343,486 | 362,896 |
BUDAPEST | 448,096 | 476,165 | 487,050 | 453,678 |
OSCE - VIENNA | 452,111 | 447,742 | 438,703 | 482,715 |
TEL AVIV | 612,408 | 559,020 | 581,112 | 585,185 |
CARDIFF | 218,563 | 171,720 | 80,028 | Closed |
EDINBURGH | 287,684 | 213,313 | 221,185 | 229,941 |
ANKARA | 409,800 | 412,782 | 389,863 | 394,114 |
MEXICO | 576,947 | 508,335 | 451,487 | 441,289 |
SYDNEY | 489,818 | 513,448 | 483,921 | 565,349 |
SHANGHAI | 436,737 | 383,727 | 506,973 | 552,387 |
SINGAPORE | 896,912 | 797,600 | 801,544 | 821,066 |
RAMALLAH | 374,282 | 356,261 | 286,028 | 348,085 |
BRUSSELS (P.F.P.) | 316,306 | 266,990 | 266,699 | 251,942 |
NICOSIA | 380,745 | 419,018 | 405,689 | 397,820 |
LJUBLJANA | 430,892 | 489,701 | 431,438 | 421,396 |
TALLINN | 424,639 | 422,292 | 350,750 | 412,343 |
BRATISLAVA | 366,101 | 380,017 | 409,568 | 358,004 |
BRASILIA | 447,306 | 458,959 | 451,615 | 554,554 |
BUCHAREST | 538,425 | 510,155 | 525,399 | 433,408 |
SOFIA | 377,875 | 423,536 | 394,384 | 367,570 |
RIGA | 383,636 | 379,309 | 368,369 | 341,547 |
VILNIUS | 450,730 | 471,881 | 452,427 | 426,413 |
VALLETTA | 307,828 | 316,038 | 326,847 | 324,574 |
ABU DHABI* | 372,155 | 545,048 | ||
ATLANTA * | 35,380 | |||
TOTAL MISSION EXPENDITURE | 48,811,302 | 47,725,872 | 45,926,204 | 46,579,181 |
*Opened in 2010 |
Administrative budget of Embassies from Vote 29
Mission Name | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
Addis Ababa | 1,069,681 | 1,120,947 | 1,004,946 | 986,204 |
Maseru | 641,586 | 855,970 | 607,549 | 590,515 |
Llongwe | 372,588 | 696,622 | 699,500 | 571,766 |
Maputo | 1,296,893 | 1,642,201 | 1,362,203 | 1,080,345 |
Freetown | 193,473 | 200,889 | 326,386 | 311,302 |
Pretoria | 575,140 | 665,141 | 483,238 | 484,791 |
Dar Es Salaam | 696,806 | 1,073,990 | 1,011,800 | 934,447 |
Kampala | 1,265,261 | 2,046,346 | 1,368,460 | 1,212,029 |
Hanoi | 462,089 | 578,967 | 581,847 | 644,703 |
Lusaka | 1,138,391 | 1,484,288 | 1,078,568 | 1,201,480 |
Dili | 176,523 | 214,729 | 250,211 | 208,411 |
Totals | 7,888,432 | 10,580,092 | 8,774,709 | 8,225,994 |
The staffing information for 2011 requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below in respect of Missions abroad. The figures take account of officers of other Government Departments and offices, whose salaries and other costs are in some cases borne by the parent Department or office. Also included is a small number of staff indirectly engaged through local employment agencies, some on a temporary basis. Comparable figures for each of the previous four years are not immediately available. Programme staff employed locally by Irish development Missions are not included.
Mission | Current staffing complement | Changes over the period 2007-2010 | Number of Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade officers posted from HQ | Comment and/or reason, where relevant |
Abu Dhabi | 12 | +12 | 2 | Mission established in 2009;Total includes 6 Department of Justice and Equality visa office staff |
Abuja | 16 | -1 | 2 | Total includes 9 Department of Justice and Equality visa office staff, local staff post suppressed |
Addis Ababa | 9 | - | 5 | |
Ankara | 7 | - | 3 | |
Athens | 8 | - | 3 | |
Atlanta | 2 | +2 | 1 | Mission established in 2010 |
Beijing | 26 | - | 5 | Total includes 9 Department of Justice and Equality visa office staff |
Berlin | 12 | - | 5 | |
Berne | 5 | - | 2 | |
Boston | 5 | - | 2 | |
Brasilia | 6 | - | 2 | |
Bratislava | 5 | - | 2 | |
Brussels (Embassy) | 14 | -2 | 3 | Ambassador post currently vacant;Third Secretary post suppressed;includes Partnership for Peace Office;total includes 6 staff from other Departments and Offices |
Brussels (PR-EU) | 85 | - | 39 | Total includes 40 staff from other Departments and Offices |
Bucharest | 7.5 | - | 2 | |
Budapest | 6 | - | 2 | |
Buenos Aires | 5.6 | - | 2 | |
Cairo | 10 | - | 3 | |
Canberra | 8.5 | -1 | 1 | Ambassador post currently vacant |
Chicago | 5.4 | - | 2 | |
Copenhagen | 6.4 | -1 | 2 | First Secretary post suppressed |
Dar-Es-Salaam | 8 | - | 5 | |
Dili | 3 | -1 | 2 | Third Secretary post suppressed |
Edinburgh | 3 | -1 | 2 | Third Secretary post suppressed |
Freetown | 3 | - | 2 | |
Geneva | 14 | - | 6 | Total includes 4 officers from other Departments |
Hanoi | 8 | - | 5 | |
Helsinki | 5 | - | 2 | |
Holy See | 5 | - 1.5 | 1 | Ambassador post currently vacant, part-time local staff post suppressed |
Kampala | 8 | - | 4 | |
Kuala Lumpur | 8 | - | 2 | |
Lisbon | 6 | - | 2 | |
Lilongwe | 4 | -1 | 3 | Senior Development Specialist post currently vacant |
Ljubljana | 5 | -1 | 2 | Local staff post suppressed |
London (including Passport office) | 51 | -35 | 31 | Certain passport functions and posts transferred to HQ and others suppressed including 20 local staff posts;total includes 5 Department of Justice and Equality visa office staff and 5 officials from other Departments or officers |
Lusaka | 6 | -1 | 3 | Development Specialist post currently vacant |
Luxembourg | 6 | -1 | 1 | Third Secretary post suppressed |
Madrid | 14 | - | 4 | |
Maputo | 8 | - | 5 | |
Maseru | 4 | - | 2 | |
Mexico | 7 | - | 3 | |
Moscow | 20 | - | 6 | Total includes 7 Department of Justice and Equality visa office staff |
New Delhi | 24 | - | 3 | Total includes 10 Department of Justice and Equality visa office staff |
New York - Consulate General | 17 | -1 | 5 | Local staff post reassigned to Atlanta |
New York â PMUN | 16 | +1 | 9 | Development post added |
Nicosia | 6 | - | 2 | |
Oslo | 5 | - | 2 | |
Ottawa | 8 | - | 3 | |
Paris | 21 | -2 | 7 | Includes Mission to the OECD and UNESCO; 2 administrative posts suppressed |
Prague | 9 | -1 | 2 | Third Secretary post suppressed |
Pretoria | 14 | -1.5 | 4 | Third Secretary currently vacant, part-time local staff post suppressed |
Ramallah | 6 | - | 2 | |
Riga | 3 | -2 | 1 | Third Secretary post suppressed, local staff post suppressed |
Riyadh | 10 | -1 | 2 | Third Secretary post suppressed |
Rome | 11.8 | -1 | 3 | First Secretary post suppressed |
San Francisco | 5 | -1 | 2 | Local staff post suppressed |
Seoul | 6 | - | 2 | |
Shanghai | 7 | - | 3 | |
Singapore | 8 | - | 2 | |
Sofia | 7 | - | 2 | |
Stockholm | 5 | -1 | 1 | Ambassador post currently vacant |
Strasbourg | 6 | - | 2 | |
Sydney | 5 | - | 2 | |
Tallinn | 3 | -2 | 1 | Third Secretary post suppressed, local staff post suppressed |
Tehran | 6 | - | 2 | |
Tel Aviv | 5.5 | -0.5 | 2 | Part-time local staff post suppressed |
The Hague | 9 | - | 3 | |
Tokyo | 11 | - | 3 | |
Valletta | 3 | - | 1 | |
Vienna (Embassy) | 8 | - | 3 | |
Vienna (OSCE) | 15 | +10 | 7 | Mission temporarily strengthened in advance of Ireland's OSCE chairmanship 2012 |
Vilnius | 4.5 | - | 2 | |
Warsaw | 10.7 | - | 3 | |
Washington DC | 21 | - | 9 | Total includes 3 officers from other Departments |
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