Written answers
Tuesday, 1 October 2013
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Diplomatic Representation Issues
Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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164. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide in tabular form a breakdown of the locations of Irish embassies and consulates across the world; the number and grade of DFA officials stationed in each. [40973/13]
Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table:
Mission | Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Officers posted from HQ | Locally engaged (including agency) administrative, clerical and other support staff |
|---|---|---|
Abu Dhabi | 1 Assistant Secretary 1 Third Secretary | 4 |
Abuja | 1 Counsellor 1 Third Secretary | 5 |
Addis Ababa | 1 Counsellor 2 Development Specialist 1 Higher Executive Officer 1 Junior Professional Intern | 4 |
Ankara | 1 Assistant Secretary 1 Assistant Principal Officer 1 Third Secretary | 4 |
Athens | 1 Counsellor 1 First Secretary 1 Higher Executive Officer | 5.3* |
Atlanta | 1 First Secretary | 1 |
Beijing | 1 Assistant Secretary 1 First Secretary 1 Third Secretary | 12 |
Berlin | 1 Second Secretary 3 First Secretary/APO 1 Third Secretary | 6 |
Berne | 1 Assistant Secretary 1 Third Secretary | 3 |
Boston | 1 First Secretary 1 Third Secretary | 3 |
Brasilia | 1 Counsellor 1 Third Secretary | 4 |
Bratislava | 1 First Secretary | 2 |
Brussels (Embassy - including PfP representation) | 1 Counsellor 1 First Secretary 1 Higher Executive Officer 1 Clerical Officer | 4 |
Brussels (Permanent Representation to the European Union) | 2 Assistant Secretary 2 Counsellor 11 First Secretary/APO 2 Third Secretary 1 Higher Executive Officer 2 Executive Officer 17 Clerical Officer | 6 |
Bucharest | 1 Assistant Secretary 1 First Secretary | 5 |
Budapest | 1 Counsellor 1 Third Secretary | 4 |
Buenos Aires | 1 Counsellor 1 Third Secretary | 3.4* |
Cairo | 1 Counsellor 1 Assistant Principal Officer 1 Third Secretary | 6 |
Canberra | 1 Counsellor 1 First Secretary | 7.1* |
Chicago | 1 First Secretary 1 Third Secretary | 3.4* |
Copenhagen | 1 Second Secretary 1 Third Secretary | 4.4* |
Dar-Es-Salaam | 1 Principal Development Specialist 1 Senior Development Specialist 2 Development Specialist 1 Higher Executive Officer 1 Junior Professional Intern | 3 |
Edinburgh | 1 First Secretary 1 Clerical Officer | 1 |
Freetown | 1 Development Specialist 1 Third Secretary | 1 |
Geneva (Permanent Mission to the United Nations) (Including temporary extra staff relating to Ireland's membership of the UN Human Rights Council) | 1 Assistant Secretary 4 First Secretary 2 Third Secretary 1 Executive Officer 1 Junior Professional Intern 2 Interns 1 Clerical Officer | 3.5* |
Hanoi | 1 Counsellor 1 Senior Development Specialist 1 Development Specialist 1 Third Secretary 1 Clerical Officer | 3 |
Helsinki | 1 Counsellor 1 Third Secretary | 3 |
Kampala | (Ambassador post currently vacant) 1 Senior Development Specialist 1 Third Secretary | 4 |
Kuala Lumpur | 1 Assistant Secretary 1 Third Secretary | 5.5* |
Lilongwe | 1 Principal Development Specialist 1 Senior Development Specialist 1 Third Secretary 1 Junior Professional Intern | 1 |
Lisbon | 1 Counsellor 1 Third Secretary | 3 |
Ljubljana | 1 Counsellor 1 Third Secretary | 3 |
London (including Passport office) | 1 Assistant Secretary 2 Counsellor 3 First Secretary/APO 2 Third Secretary 2 Higher Executive Officer 4 Executive Officer 2 Staff Officer 8 Clerical Officer | 13.5* |
Lusaka | 1 Principal Officer 1 Development Specialist 1 Third Secretary 1 Junior Professional Intern | 3 |
Luxembourg | 1 First Secretary | 4 |
Madrid | 1 Assistant Secretary 1 First Secretary 1 Third Secretary | 10 |
Maputo | 1 Counsellor 1 Senior Development Specialist 2 Development Specialist 1 Third Secretary 1 Junior Professional Intern | 3 |
Maseru | 1 Counsellor 1 Senior Development Specialist | 2 |
Mexico | 1 Counsellor 1 First Secretary 1 Third Secretary | 5 |
Moscow | 1 Assistant Secretary 1 First Secretary 1 Third Secretary 2 Clerical Officer | 9 |
New Delhi | 1 Counsellor 1 First Secretary 1 Third Secretary | 6 |
New York - Consulate General | 1 Counsellor 1 First Secretary 1 Third Secretary 1 Executive Officer | 12 |
New York (Permanent Mission to the United Nations) | 1 Assistant Secretary 1 Counsellor 4 First Secretary 2 Third Secretary 1 Executive Officer | 6 |
Nicosia | 1 First Secretary | 3 |
Oslo | 1 Counsellor 1 Third Secretary | 3 |
Ottawa | 1 Assistant Secretary 1 First Secretary 1 Third Secretary | 5 |
Paris | 1 Assistant Secretary 2 First Secretary 2 Third Secretary | 13 |
Paris (Permanent Mission to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development and UNESCO) | 1 Counsellor 1 First Secretary | 1 |
Prague | 1 Counsellor 1 Higher Executive Officer | 5 |
Pretoria | 1 Assistant Secretary 2 First Secretary 1 Third Secretary | 8 |
Ramallah | 1 Counsellor 1 Third Secretary | 4 |
Riga | 1 First Secretary | 2 |
Riyadh | 1 Counsellor 1 Third Secretary | 8 |
Rome | 1 Deputy Secretary 1 First Secretary | 8.8* |
San Francisco | 1 First Secretary 1 Third Secretary | 3 |
Seoul | 1 Counsellor 1 Third Secretary | 4 |
Shanghai | 1 Counsellor 1 Third Secretary 1 Clerical Officer | 4 |
Singapore | 1 Assistant Secretary 1 Third Secretary | 4 |
Sofia | 1 Counsellor 1 Higher Executive Officer | 4 |
Stockholm | 1 Counsellor 1 Third Secretary | 3 |
Strasbourg | 1 Assistant Secretary 1 Third Secretary 1 Intern | 3 |
Sydney | 1 First Secretary 1 Third Secretary | 3 |
Tallinn | 1 First Secretary | 2 |
Tel Aviv | 1 Assistant Secretary 1 First Secretary | 3.5* |
The Hague | 1 Assistant Secretary 1 Assistant Principal 1 Third Secretary | 5 |
Tokyo | 1 Assistant Secretary 1 First Secretary 1 Third Secretary | 7 |
Valletta | 1 First Secretary | 2 |
Vienna (Embassy) | 1 Assistant Secretary 1 First Secretary 1 Third Secretary | 5 |
Vienna (Permanent Mission to the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe) | 1 Assistant Secretary 1 First Secretary | 3 |
Vilnius | 1 Counsellor 1 Third Secretary | 3 |
Warsaw | 1 Assistant Secretary 1 First Secretary 1 Third Secretary | 4 |
Washington DC | 1 Deputy Secretary 1 Counsellor 3 First Secretary 1 Third Secretary 1 Executive Officer 1 Clerical Officer | 8 |
The above table does not include Consulates headed by Honorary Consuls, the staff of which are not employees of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
*Full Time Equivalent – this number takes account of officers on work-sharing arrangements.
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