Written answers
Tuesday, 28 May 2013
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Departmental Staff Numbers
John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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136. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of diplomats, officials and staff currently working in our overseas embassies for each of the past five years. [25906/13]
Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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The current staffing information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table. The figures take account of officers on secondment to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade whose salaries and other costs are in some cases borne by the parent Department or Office concerned. Also included is a small number of staff indirectly engaged through local employment agencies. It would be inordinately time consuming to compile directly comparable figures for the previous five years. However, in order to be helpful to the Deputy, I have noted in the table the significant changes that occurred in the period concerned. Programme staff employed locally by Irish development Missions and staff temporarily assigned to assist with the EU Presidency are excluded.
| Mission | Current staffing complement | Number of Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade officers posted from HQ | Locally employed staff (Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade) | Comment, where relevant |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abu Dhabi | 14 | 2 | 4 | Mission established in 2009; total includes 8 Department of Justice and Equality visa office staff. |
| Abuja | 18 | 2 | 6 | Total includes 10 Department of Justice and Equality visa office staff; local staff post suppressed. |
| Addis Ababa | 9 | 5 | 4 | |
| Ankara | 7 | 2 | 4 | Third Secretary post currently vacant; total includes 1 Department of Justice and Equality visa office staff. |
| Athens | 6.3 | 2 | 4.3 | First Secretary post temporarily suppressed. |
| Atlanta | 2 | 1 | 1 | Mission established in 2010 |
| Beijing | 24 | 5 | 11 | Total includes 8 Department of Justice and Equality visa office staff. |
| Berlin | 12 | 5 | 6 | Total includes 1 Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine post. |
| Berne | 5 | 2 | 3 | |
| Boston | 4 | 1 | 3 | Third Secretary post temporarily suppressed. |
| Brasilia | 6 | 2 | 4 | |
| Bratislava | 3 | 1 | 2 | Third Secretary post suppressed; local staff post suppressed. |
| Brussels (Embassy) | 14 | 4 | 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 | 6 | Clerical Officer post suppressed; total includes 45 staff from other Departments and Offices. |
| Bucharest | 7 | 2 | 5 | |
| Budapest | 6 | 2 | 4 | |
| Buenos Aires | 5.4 | 2 | 3.4 | |
| Cairo | 9 | 3 | 6 | |
| Canberra | 9.5 | 2 | 7.5 | |
| Chicago | 4.4 | 1 | 3.4 | Third Secretary post temporarily suppressed. |
| Copenhagen | 6.4 | 2 | 4.4 | First Secretary post suppressed. |
| Dar-Es-Salaam | 9 | 6 | 3 | |
| Edinburgh | 3 | 2 | 1 | Third Secretary post suppressed. |
| Edinburgh (BIC) | 1 | 1 | 0 | British Irish Council (BIC) secretariat established in 2012. |
| Freetown | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
| Geneva | 14 | 7 | 3 | Total includes 4 officers from other Departments. |
| Hanoi | 8 | 5 | 3 | |
| Helsinki | 5 | 2 | 3 | |
| Kampala | 9 | 5 | 4 | |
| Kuala Lumpur | 7.5 | 2 | 5.5 | |
| Lisbon | 5 | 2 | 3 | |
| Lilongwe | 5 | 4 | 1 | Senior Development Specialist post currently vacant. |
| Ljubljana | 5 | 2 | 3 | Local staff post suppressed. |
| London (including Passport office) | 49.5 | 27 | 12.5 | Certain passport functions and posts transferred to HQ and others suppressed including 23 local staff posts; total includes 4 Department of Justice and Equality visa office staff and 6 officials from other Departments and offices; 3 Services Officer posts filled locally. |
| Lusaka | 6 | 3 | 3 | |
| Luxembourg | 5 | 1 | 4 | Third Secretary post suppressed. |
| Madrid | 14 | 3 | 9 | First Secretary post currently vacant; EO post suppressed and filled locally; total includes 2 staff from other Departments and Offices. |
| Maputo | 9 | 6 | 3 | |
| Maseru | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| Mexico | 8 | 3 | 5 | |
| Moscow | 20 | 5 | 8 | EO post suppressed and filled locally; total includes 7 Department of Justice and Equality visa office staff. |
| New Delhi | 17 | 3 | 6 | Total includes 8 Department of Justice and Equality visa office staff. |
| New York - Consulate General | 16 | 4 | 12 | First Secretary post currently vacant; local staff post reassigned to Atlanta. |
| New York - PMUN | 15 | 9 | 6 | Development post added. |
| Nicosia | 5 | 2 | 3 | |
| Oslo | 5 | 2 | 3 | |
| Ottawa | 7 | 2 | 5 | Third Secretary post temporarily suppressed. |
| Paris | 22 | 8 | 12 | Includes Mission to the OECD and UNESCO; 1 Executive Officer and 1 Clerical Officer post suppressed; includes 2 officers from other Departments. |
| Prague | 8 | 2 | 6 | First Secretary post suppressed. |
| Pretoria | 12 | 4 | 8 | Part-time local staff post suppressed. |
| Ramallah | 5 | 2 | 3 | |
| Riga | 3 | 1 | 2 | Third Secretary post suppressed; local staff post suppressed. |
| Riyadh | 10 | 2 | 8 | Third Secretary post transferred to Abu Dhabi. |
| Rome | 12.8 | 3 | 8.8 | First Secretary post suppressed; 1 local staff posts transferred from Embassy Holy See; total includes 1 officer from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; 1 local staff post suppressed. |
| San Francisco | 4 | 1 | 3 | Third Secretary post temporarily suppressed; local staff post suppressed. |
| Seoul | 6 | 2 | 4 | |
| Shanghai | 7 | 3 | 4 | |
| Singapore | 7 | 2 | 4 | Total includes 1 officer from the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources. |
| Sofia | 6 | 2 | 4 | |
| Stockholm | 5 | 2 | 3 | |
| Strasbourg | 6 | 2 | 3 | Total includes 1 officer from the Department of Justice and Equality. |
| Sydney | 5 | 2 | 3 | |
| Tallinn | 3 | 1 | 2 | Third Secretary post suppressed; local staff post suppressed. |
| Tel Aviv | 5 | 2 | 3 | Part-time local staff post suppressed. |
| The Hague | 10 | 3 | 5 | Total includes 2 officers from other Departments. |
| Tokyo | 10 | 3 | 7 | One local staff post suppressed. |
| Valletta | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Vienna (Embassy) | 8 | 3 | 5 | |
| Vienna (OSCE) | 6 | 2 | 3 | Total includes 1 officer from the Department of the Defence. |
| Vilnius | 5 | 2 | 3 | |
| Warsaw | 6 | 2 | 4 | First Secretary post temporarily suppressed. |
| Washington DC | 20 | 8 | 8 | First Secretary post currently vacant; CO post suppressed and filled locally; total includes 4 officers from other Departments. |
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