Written answers
Tuesday, 22 May 2012
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Diplomatic Representation
9:00 pm
Michael Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 126: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total number of staff in our embassies abroad in the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; their distribution by region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25198/12]
Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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The staffing information for 2012 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. 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 since 2008 | 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 | 8 | -1 | 4 | Senior Development Specialist post currently vacant |
| Ankara | 7 | - | 3 | |
| Athens | 7 | - | 3 | |
| Atlanta | 2 | +2 | 1 | Mission established in 2010 |
| Beijing | 24 | -1 | 5 | Total includes 8 Department of Justice and Equality visa office staff |
| Berlin | 12 | - | 5 | |
| Berne | 5 | - | 2 | |
| Boston | 5 | - | 2 | |
| Brasilia | 6 | - | 2 | |
| Bratislava | 4 | -1 | 2 | Local staff post suppressed |
| Brussels (Embassy) | 14 | -1 | 4 | First Secretary post transferred to Perm Rep;includes Partnership for Peace Office;total includes 6 staff from other Departments and Offices |
| Brussels (PR-EU) | 90 | - | 39 | Total includes 45 staff from other Departments and Offices |
| Bucharest | 7 | - | 2 | |
| Budapest | 5 | -1 | 1 | Ambassador post currently vacant |
| Buenos Aires | 5.4 | - | 2 | |
| Cairo | 9 | - | 3 | |
| Canberra | 9.5 | - | 2 | |
| Chicago | 5.4 | - | 2 | |
| Copenhagen | 6.4 | -1 | 2 | First Secretary post suppressed |
| Dar-Es-Salaam | 7 | -1 | 4 | Ambassador post currently vacant |
| Dili | 1 | -2 | 1 | Third Secretary + Head of Mission posts suppressedEmbassy closing in 2012 |
| Edinburgh | 3 | -1 | 2 | Third Secretary post suppressed |
| Freetown | 3 | - | 2 | |
| Geneva | 13 | - | 6 | Total includes 4 officers from other Departments |
| Hanoi | 8 | - | 5 | |
| Helsinki | 5 | - | 2 | |
| Kampala | 8 | - | 4 | |
| Kuala Lumpur | 7.5 | - | 2 | |
| Lisbon | 5 | - | 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 | 29 | Certain passport functions and posts transferred to HQ and others suppressed including 20 local staff posts;total includes 4 Department of Justice and Equality visa office staff and 6 officials from other Departments or officers |
| Lusaka | 6 | -1 | 3 | Development Specialist post currently vacant |
| Luxembourg | 5 | -1 | 1 | Third Secretary post suppressed |
| Madrid | 14 | - | 4 | Total includes 2 staff from other Departments and Offices |
| Maputo | 8 | - | 5 | |
| Maseru | 4 | - | 2 | |
| Mexico | 7 | - | 3 | |
| Moscow | 19 | -2 | 6 | Total includes 5 Department of Justice and Equality visa office staff |
| New Delhi | 18 | -1 | 3 | Total includes 9 Department of Justice and Equality visa office staff |
| New York - Consulate General | 17 | -1 | 5 | Local staff post reassigned to Atlanta |
| New York – PMUN | 16 | +1 | 9 | Development post added |
| Nicosia | 5 | - | 2 | |
| Oslo | 5 | - | 2 | |
| Ottawa | 8 | - | 3 | |
| Paris | 20 | -2 | 7 | Includes Mission to the OECD and UNESCO; 2 administrative posts suppressed, includes one officer from another Department |
| Prague | 8 | -1 | 2 | First Secretary post suppressed |
| Pretoria | 12 | -1.5 | 4 | Third Secretary currently vacant, part-time local staff post suppressed |
| Ramallah | 5 | - | 2 | |
| Riga | 3 | -2 | 1 | Third Secretary post suppressed, local staff post suppressed |
| Riyadh | 10 | -1 | 2 | Third Secretary post transferred to Abu Dhabi |
| Rome | 13.8 | +1 | 3 | First Secretary post suppressed, 2 local staff posts transferred from Embassy Holy See |
| San Francisco | 5 | -1 | 2 | Local staff post suppressed |
| Seoul | 6 | - | 2 | |
| Shanghai | 7 | - | 3 | |
| Singapore | 7 | - | 2 | |
| Sofia | 6 | - | 2 | |
| Stockholm | 5 | - | 2 | |
| Strasbourg | 6 | - | 2 | Total includes one officer from another Department |
| Sydney | 5 | - | 2 | |
| Tallinn | 3 | -2 | 1 | Third Secretary post suppressed, local staff post suppressed |
| Tel Aviv | 5 | -0.5 | 2 | Part-time local staff post suppressed |
| The Hague | 10 | - | 3 | Total includes 2 officers from other Departments |
| Tokyo | 11 | - | 3 | |
| Valletta | 3 | - | 1 | |
| Vienna (Embassy) | 8 | - | 3 | |
| Vienna (OSCE) | 13 | +8 | 6 | Mission temporarily strengthened for Ireland's OSCE chairmanship 2012 |
| Vilnius | 5 | - | 2 | |
| Warsaw | 8 | - | 3 | Total includes one officer from another Department |
| Washington DC | 19 | - | 9 | Total includes 3 officers from other Departments |
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