Written answers

Tuesday, 28 January 2014

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Diplomatic Representation Expenditure

Photo of Dominic HanniganDominic Hannigan (Meath East, Labour)
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158. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish staff, by grade, and the number of local staff, by grade, in our embassies in countries (details supplied); the costs of each embassy, split by staff costs and non-staff costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3623/14]

Photo of Eamon GilmoreEamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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The figures in the following table set out the position in respect of the overseas missions specified by the Deputy and include actual expenditure incurred in 2013 under both Votes for which my Department is responsible; Vote 28: Foreign Affairs and Trade and Vote 27: International Cooperation.

Salary and related costs of staff posted from Ireland are not included as they are a charge on the overall budget of the Department rather than on a specific mission. With regard to the Embassy, Kampala, it should be noted that while the Embassy’s core local staff complement is four, additional costs are incurred in respect of technical and other project contracted non-core staff engaged for the purposes of management, oversight, administration and support of the Irish Aid programme in Uganda.

Mission
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Officers posted from HQ by grade
Locally engaged Staff ( including agency, administrative, clerical and other support staff)
Pay costs 2013 €*

(Provisional)
Non-pay costs 2013 €

(Provisional)
Kampala
(Ambassador post currently vacant)
4
419,800
378,199
1 Senior Development Specialist
1 Development Specialist (Currently vacant)
1 Third Secretary
Ljubljana
1 Counsellor
3
113,977
276,874
1 Third Secretary
Tallinn
1 First Secretary
2
44,179
260,792
Valletta
1 First Secretary
2
63,118
267,878
Nicosia
1 First Secretary
3
94,813
165,826
Bratislava
1 First Secretary
2
61,071
220,398
Luxembourg
1 First Secretary
3.5
187,709
177,932
Riga
1 First Secretary
2
49,195
117,548
* Including local tax and social security costs.

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