Written answers

Tuesday, 5 November 2013

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Diplomatic Representation Expenditure

Photo of Jerry ButtimerJerry Buttimer (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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123. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish embassies and diplomatic missions in use; the number of staff assigned to each mission; the costs of operating same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46855/13]

Photo of Eamon GilmoreEamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Ireland’s diplomatic network includes 56 Embassies, 7 multilateral missions and 10 Consulates General and other offices. In addition to their country of residence, many Ambassadors are also accredited to additional countries on a concurrent basis which enhances the cost-effectiveness of our external representation.

Our missions abroad work very closely with the state agencies in the promotion of exports, tourism and inward investment. They perform also a wide range of functions in support of Ireland’s foreign policy interests. These include representing and advancing government policies with other states and in international organisations, in particular the EU and the UN; economic, trade and cultural promotion; frontline consular and passport services to citizens overseas; engaging with and supporting Irish communities, and managing Ireland’s overseas development programmes in Ireland’s key partner countries.

The figures provided in the table below for our overseas missions include both Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade and Vote 27 - International Co-operation. The effective implementation of the aid programme necessarily entails additional management and oversight costs which are included in the figures provided. In addition to 25 locally recruited core staff, in the region of 180 locally-employed staff are engaged on the development co-operation side to meet technical requirements in specific programme areas. The numbers of such staff in each mission at any time varies in accordance with programme requirements.

MissionDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade Officers posted from HQLocally engaged (including agency) administrative, clerical and other support staffBudget Allocation 2013
1 Assistant Secretary
Abu Dhabi1 Third Secretary4428,968
1 Counsellor
Abuja1 Third Secretary5309,070
1 Counsellor
2 Development Specialist
1 Higher Executive Officer
Addis Ababa1 Junior Professional Intern4477,059
1 Assistant Secretary
1 Assistant Principal Officer
Ankara1 Third Secretary4438,195
1 Counsellor
1 First Secretary
Athens1 Higher Executive Officer5.3*466,534
Atlanta1 First Secretary1175,731
1 Assistant Secretary
1 First Secretary
Beijing1 Third Secretary12931,142
1 Second Secretary General
3 First Secretary/APO
Berlin1 Third Secretary6950,225
1 Assistant Secretary
Berne1 Third Secretary3496,260
1 First Secretary
Boston1 Third Secretary3424,996
1 Counsellor
Brasilia1 Third Secretary4569,663
Bratislava1 First Secretary2281,327
1 Counsellor
1 First Secretary
1 Higher Executive Officer
Brussels

(Embassy – including PfP representation)
1 Clerical Officer41,034,224
2 Assistant Secretary
2 Counsellor
11 First Secretary/APO
2 Third Secretary
1 Higher Executive Officer
2 Executive Officer
Brussels

(Permanent Representation to the European Union)
17 Clerical Officer63,669,434
1 Assistant Secretary
Bucharest1 First Secretary5494,007
1 Counsellor
Budapest1 Third Secretary4460,199
1 Counsellor
Buenos Aires1 Third Secretary3.4*408,638
1 Counsellor
1 Assistant Principal Officer
Cairo1 Third Secretary6433,008
1 Counsellor
Canberra1 First Secretary7.1*941,323
1 First Secretary
Chicago1 Third Secretary3.4*358,286
1 Second Secretary General
Copenhagen1 Third Secretary4.4*437,810
1 Principal Development Specialist
1 Senior Development Specialist
2 Development Specialist
1 Higher Executive Officer
Dar-Es-Salaam1 Junior Professional Intern3871,975
1 First Secretary
Edinburgh1 Clerical Officer1261,803
1 Development Specialist
Freetown1 Third Secretary1273,750
1 Assistant Secretary
4 First Secretary
2 Third Secretary
1 Executive Officer
1 Junior Professional Intern
2 Interns
Geneva


(Permanent Mission to the United Nations)


(Including temporary extra staff relating to Ireland’s membership of the UN Human Rights Council)
1 Clerical Officer3.5*1,517,915
1 Counsellor
1 Senior Development Specialist
1 Development Specialist
1 Third Secretary
Hanoi1 Clerical Officer3602,000
1 Counsellor
Helsinki1 Third Secretary3534,468
(Ambassador post currently vacant)
1 Senior Development Specialist
Kampala1 Third Secretary41,526,980
1 Assistant Secretary
Kuala Lumpur1 Third Secretary5.5*418,108
1 Principal Development Specialist
1 Senior Development Specialist
1 Third Secretary
Lilongwe1 Junior Professional Intern1543,420
1 Counsellor
Lisbon1 Third Secretary3429,263
1 Counsellor
Ljubljana1 Third Secretary3424,662
1 Assistant Secretary
2 Counsellor
3 First Secretary/APO
2 Third Secretary
2 Higher Executive Officer
4 Executive Officer
2 Staff Officer
London (including Passport office)8 Clerical Officer13.5*3,275,415
1 Principal Officer
1 Development Specialist
1 Third Secretary
Lusaka1 Junior Professional Intern31,103,200
Luxembourg1 First Secretary4406,978
1 Assistant Secretary
1 First Secretary
Madrid1 Third Secretary101,026,844
1 Counsellor
1 Senior Development Specialist
2 Development Specialist
1 Third Secretary
Maputo1 Junior Professional Intern3996,701
1 Counsellor
Maseru1 Senior Development Specialist2561,510
1 Counsellor
1 First Secretary
Mexico1 Third Secretary5487,952
1 Assistant Secretary
1 First Secretary
1 Third Secretary
Moscow2 Clerical Officer9799,665
1 Counsellor
1 First Secretary
New Delhi1 Third Secretary6971,196
1 Counsellor

1 First Secretary
1 Third Secretary
New York - Consulate General1 Executive Officer121,927,749
1 Assistant Secretary
1 Counsellor
4 First Secretary
2 Third Secretary
New York


(Permanent Mission to the United Nations)
1 Executive Officer61,936,417
Nicosia1 First Secretary3274,940
1 Counsellor
Oslo1 Third Secretary3650,895
1 Assistant Secretary
1 First Secretary
Ottawa1 Third Secretary5647,313
1 Assistant Secretary
1 Counsellor
3 First Secretary
Paris incl.


the Permanent Mission to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development and UNESCO)
2 Third Secretary141,720,595
1 Counsellor
Prague1 Higher Executive Officer5561,301
1 Assistant Secretary
2 First Secretary
Pretoria 1 Third Secretary81,000,658
1 Counsellor
Ramallah1 Third Secretary4422,301
Riga1 First Secretary2191,834
1 Counsellor
Riyadh1 Third Secretary8353,892
1 Deputy Secretary
Rome1 First Secretary8.8*1,007,897
1 First Secretary
San Francisco1 Third Secretary3371,898
1 Counsellor
Seoul1 Third Secretary4806,580
1 Counsellor
1 Third Secretary
Shanghai1 Clerical Officer4613,519
1 Assistant Secretary
Singapore1 Third Secretary4891,147
1 Counsellor
Sofia1 Higher Executive Officer4393,879
1 Counsellor
Stockholm1 Third Secretary3568,195
1 Assistant Secretary
1 Third Secretary
Strasbourg1 Intern3415,255
1 First Secretary
Sydney1 Third Secretary3747,491
Tallinn1 First Secretary2401,716
1 Assistant Secretary
Tel Aviv1 First Secretary3.5*694,147
1 Assistant Secretary
1 Assistant Principal
The Hague1 Third Secretary5772,325
1 Assistant Secretary
1 First Secretary

1 Third Secretary
Tokyo71,391,689
Valletta1 First Secretary2337,661
1 Assistant Secretary
1 First Secretary
Vienna (Embassy)1 Third Secretary5695,595
1 Assistant Secretary
Vienna

(Permanent Mission to the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe)
1 First Secretary3464,175
1 Counsellor
Vilnius1 Third Secretary3351,944
1 Assistant Secretary
1 First Secretary
Warsaw1 Third Secretary4777,827
1 Deputy Secretary
1 Counsellor
3 First Secretary
1 Third Secretary
1 Executive Officer
Washington DC1 Clerical Officer81,148,202
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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