Written answers
Tuesday, 14 February 2012
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Diplomatic Representation
9:00 pm
Clare Daly (Dublin North, Socialist Party)
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Question 129: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount that has been spent on Irish embassies, by location, for each of the past five years. [8025/12]
Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Our Missions abroad are involved in a wide range of activities which include representing and advancing government policies with other States and in international organisations; economic and cultural promotion; frontline consular and passport services to Irish citizens overseas; engaging with Irish communities and harnessing the resource they offer in assisting economic recovery; and managing programmes, particularly in Irish Aid priority countries The budget of each overseas Mission for 2007 to 2011 is provided in the table below. These budgets are considered to be the locally-devolved administrative budget, including local staff salaries but not salaries of diplomatic staff, which are a charge on the Headquarters budget. Likewise, my Department's small capital budget is not allocated to missions on an ongoing basis but is managed from Headquarters.
The Missions highlighted in bold manage significant programmes on behalf of Irish Aid, funded from Vote 29. These budgets reflect the additional management and oversight required for the effective implementation of those important programmes.
Administrative Budget for Mission | |||||
2007 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | ||
- | - | 429,990 | 600,261 | 466,900 | |
ABUJA | 260,424 | 548,135 | 372,660 | 556,374 | 267,599 |
ADDIS ABABA | 1,199,888 | 1,064,185 | 898,000 | 898,685 | 747,137 |
ANKARA | 412,851 | 429,022 | 405,487 | 422,633 | 397,809 |
ATHENS | 532,525 | 477,093 | 484,116 | 525,292 | 488,109 |
ATLANTA (opened 2010) | - | - | - | 26,885 | 147,400 |
BEIJING | 789,116 | 838,728 | 973,084 | 841,615 | 750,784 |
BERLIN | 999,025 | 1,181,612 | 1,009,825 | 930,500 | 929,251 |
BERNE | 331,968 | 463,006 | 507,174 | 450,170 | 445,899 |
BOSTON | 365,638 | 353,824 | 472,391 | 392,032 | 344,629 |
BRASILIA | 540,443 | 510,761 | 450,012 | 579,964 | 524,784 |
BRATISLAVA | 384,325 | 380,840 | 416,857 | 354,215 | 377,803 |
BRUSSELS (EMBASSY and P.F.P.) | 1,202,904 | 1,126,087 | 1,230,063 | 930,301 | 844,610 |
BRUSSELS (PR-EU) | 3,582,121 | 3,457,843 | 3,805,678 | 4,194,314 | 3,307,842 |
BUCHAREST | 566,044 | 577,947 | 484,421 | 457,869 | 485,075 |
BUDAPEST | 485,572 | 511,156 | 495,581 | 444,950 | 465,593 |
BUENOS AIRES | 351,725 | 372,254 | 383,751 | 454,202 | 426,217 |
CAIRO | 445,209 | 569,536 | 500,311 | 460,651 | 396,657 |
CANBERRA | 742,471 | 743,869 | 681,238 | 788,271 | 760,756 |
CARDIFF (closed 2009) | 213,966 | 182,170 | 79,757 | - | - |
CHICAGO | 383,173 | 358,542 | 325,799 | 342,853 | 340,825 |
COPENHAGEN | 540,031 | 476,526 | 430,412 | 448,180 | 445,389 |
DAR ES SALAAM | 819,916 | 1,242,513 | 1,049,784 | 720,238 | 878,000 |
DILI (due to close in 2012) | 205,402 | 189,962 | 211,483 | 148,716 | 215,600 |
EDINBURGH | 319,133 | 261,682 | 227,646 | 236,941 | 220,194 |
FREETOWN | 197,673 | 204,871 | 215,114 | 199,440 | 537,000 |
GENEVA | 1,124,538 | 1,096,146 | 1,134,003 | 1,142,564 | 1,282,450 |
HANOI | 609,377 | 743,614 | 580,390 | 607,332 | 745,000 |
HELSINKI | 655,345 | 634,690 | 637,618 | 539,507 | 539,283 |
HOLY SEE (closed 2012) | 740,532 | 498,334 | 437,683 | 455,820 | 420,987 |
KAMPALA | 1,376,603 | 1,915,553 | 1,338,000 | 1,140,515 | 1,231,532 |
KUALA LUMPUR | 380,607 | 418,700 | 359,821 | 409,445 | 388,340 |
LILONGWE | 413,536 | 717,165 | 623,196 | 445,750 | 644,185 |
LISBON | 496,611 | 548,396 | 437,493 | 376,459 | 431,630 |
LJUBLJANA | 454,887 | 489,219 | 428,186 | 451,370 | 427,868 |
LONDON (including Passport Office) | 5,610,590 | 4,669,648 | 4,065,867 | 3,702,234 | 3,396,000 |
LUSAKA | 1,293,799 | 1,499,747 | 1,586,698 | 1,097,048 | 1,324,700 |
LUXEMBOURG | 716,923 | 709,845 | 738,042 | 724,074 | 435,287 |
MADRID | 1,242,986 | 1,273,566 | 1,239,494 | 1,106,768 | 1,038,990 |
MAPUTO | 1,377,425 | 1,717,913 | 1,427,000 | 983,406 | 1,086,500 |
MASERU | 700,082 | 795,256 | 523,259 | 512,812 | 656,700 |
MEXICO | 696,226 | 598,562 | 475,576 | 528,437 | 442,290 |
MOSCOW | 970,958 | 896,238 | 873,407 | 1,064,758 | 766,233 |
NEW DELHI | 669,453 | 839,809 | 611,455 | 967,485 | 704,242 |
NEW YORK - C.G. | 2,281,554 | 1,903,026 | 1,920,283 | 1,915,099 | 1,836,245 |
NEW YORK- PMUN | 2,443,225 | 2,681,0741 | 1,546,199 | 2,081,792 | 1,755,273 |
NICOSIA | 406,801 | 428,485 | 417,208 | 419,656 | 365,313 |
OSCE – VIENNA | 455,567 | 459,195 | 434,483 | 504,823 | 494,500 |
OSLO | 715,292 | 787,891 | 634,870 | 601,640 | 615,300 |
OTTAWA | 658,038 | 605,680 | 700,330 | 590,775 | 580,960 |
PARIS (incl OECD) | 1,867,828 | 1,852,135 | 1,804,602 | 1,817,710 | 1,635,188 |
PRAGUE | 524,173 | 573,544 | 604,233 | 612,292 | 598,634 |
PRETORIA | 1,407,145 | 1,318,279 | 968,255 | 1,111,600 | 1,182,650 |
RAMALLAH | 419,099 | 373,828 | 286,792 | 354,106 | 347,291 |
RIGA | 437,135 | 438,808 | 372,586 | 360,659 | 210,748 |
RIYADH | 404,299 | 386,430 | 547,777 | 381,231 | 347,071 |
ROME | 1,292,690 | 1,270,120 | 1,202,705 | 1,180,581 | 1,193,087 |
SAN FRANCISCO | 500,358 | 628,525 | 417,187 | 428,014 | 394,350 |
SEOUL | 643,540 | 767,822 | 438,633 | 833,161 | 413,750 |
SHANGHAI | 512,507 | 466,888 | 511,801 | 667,532 | 567,923 |
SINGAPORE | 913,131 | 865,908 | 805,922 | 833,820 | 828,590 |
SOFIA | 617,814 | 452,737 | 425,518 | 367,670 | 408,350 |
STOCKHOLM | 458,461 | 426,780 | 435,176 | 591,585 | 616,107 |
STRASBOURG | 523,150 | 454,730 | 439,469 | 424,895 | 422,091 |
SYDNEY | 546,538 | 511,344 | 489,353 | 587,275 | 647,462 |
TALLINN | 445,663 | 426,396 | 352,791 | 415,288 | 390,376 |
TEHRAN (due to close in 2012) | 315,881 | 361,419 | 347,641 | 417,048 | 348,049 |
TEL AVIV | 666,237 | 574,527 | 737,733 | 623,858 | 573,639 |
THE HAGUE | 1,066,280 | 1,079,734 | 949,973 | 921,078 | 749,539 |
TOKYO | 1,543,374 | 1,604,708 | 2,079,7742 | 1,637,651 | 1,888,548 |
VALLETTA | 369,535 | 329,452 | 330,122 | 372,090 | 322,379 |
VIENNA | 677,684 | 664,055 | 633,729 | 662,725 | 670,686 |
VILNIUS | 677,347 | 545,639 | 452,692 | 425,124 | 416,380 |
WARSAW | 909,879 | 996,352 | 713,657 | 842,848 | 754,711 |
WASHINGTON DC | 1,540,392 | 1,268,050 | 1,250,786 | 1,329,159 | 1,149,777 |
Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 130: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of member states of the EU and other European nations that have embassies or consulates which serve the Vatican while simultaneously serving as diplomatic missions to other member states; the reasons the Vatican find this practice so unacceptable from the Republic of Ireland, in view of our grave financial predicament. [8151/12]
Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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There is no EU or other European State which has a resident Embassy or Consulate accredited to the Holy See which also serves as a diplomatic Mission to an EU Member State, although a number of Embassies accredited to the Holy See are also accredited to the Sovereign Order of Malta and/or San Marino. For what I understand are historical reasons, the Holy See does not accept accreditation from a resident Embassy that is also accredited to the Italian Republic.
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