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Tuesday, 16 January 2018

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Consular Services Data

Photo of Darragh O'BrienDarragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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153. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff working in Irish embassies and consulates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1508/18]

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Ireland’s diplomatic network of missions around the world is critical to the achievement of our foreign policy and trade goals. These include to ensure the efficient delivery of passport and consular services to our citizens, support to emigrant organisations and outreach to the diaspora and other networks of influence. Our Embassies and Consulates are contributing directly to safeguarding our interests in negotiations on the UK exit from the European Union and they are helping to ensure that Ireland plays a full part in shaping the future development of the European Union. The work of my Department in promoting a more just, fair, secure and sustainable world continues through mission engagement with multilateral institutions and agencies, including those of the United Nations, and via implementation of the Irish Aid programme in partner countries. Our staff in Embassies and Consulates also make a strong contribution to job creation, exports, tourism and education in Ireland by assisting Irish businesses overseas in close cooperation with State agencies as set out in the “Ireland Connected – Trading and Investing in a dynamic world” Strategy. The information on DFAT staff in Missions abroad is set out in the following table.

MissionStaff numbers as at 31 December 2017
Abu Dhabi2 staff posted from HQ

6 locally recruited staff
Abuja2 staff posted from HQ

5 locally recruited staff
Addis Ababa5 staff posted from HQ

5 locally recruited staff
Ankara4 staff posted from HQ

4 locally recruited staff
Athens3 staff posted from HQ

5 locally recruited staff
Atlanta CG1 staff posted from HQ

2 locally recruited staff
Austin CG1 staff posted from HQ

3 locally recruited staff
Bangkok2 staff posted from HQ

7 locally recruited staff
Beijing8 staff posted from HQ

13 locally recruited staff
Berlin7 staff posted from HQ

12.6 locally recruited staff
Berne2 staff posted from HQ

3 locally recruited staff
Boston CG2 staff posted from HQ

5 locally recruited staff
Brasilia2 staff posted from HQ

4 locally recruited staff
Bratislava1 staff posted from HQ

2 locally recruited staff
Brussels Embassy (incl PFP)4 staff posted from HQ

4 locally recruited staff
Brussels (Permanent Representation of Ireland to the EU67 staff posted from HQ

7 locally recruited staff
Bucharest2 staff posted from HQ

5 locally recruited staff
Budapest2 staff posted from HQ

4 locally recruited staff
Buenos Aires1 staff posted from HQ

4 locally recruited staff
Cairo3 staff posted from HQ

6 locally recruited staff
Canberra3 staff posted from HQ

8 locally recruited staff
Chicago CG2 staff posted from HQ

3.4 locally recruited staff
Copenhagen2 staff posted from HQ

4.9 locally recruited staff
Dar-es-Salaam5 staff posted from HQ

4 locally recruited staff
Edinburgh CG2 staff posted from HQ

1 locally recruited staff
Edinburgh BIC1 staff posted from HQ
Freetown3 staff posted from HQ

4 locally recruited staff
Geneva PMUN6 staff posted from HQ

5 locally recruited staff
Hanoi5 staff posted from HQ

6 locally recruited staff
Helsinki2 staff posted from HQ

3 locally recruited staff
Holy See1 staff posted from HQ

1.75 locally recruited staff
Hong Kong CG3 staff posted from HQ

2 locally recruited staff
Jakarta2 staff posted from HQ

5 locally recruited staff
Kampala4 staff posted from HQ

5 locally recruited staff
Kuala Lumpur2 staff posted from HQ

4 locally recruited staff
Lilongwe4 staff posted from HQ

5 locally recruited staff
Lisbon2 staff posted from HQ

4 locally recruited staff
Ljubljana2 staff posted from HQ

3 locally recruited staff
London35 staff posted from HQ

24.6 locally recruited staff
Lusaka3 staff posted from HQ

4 locally recruited staff
Luxembourg1 staff posted from HQ

2.5 locally recruited staff
Madrid3 staff posted from HQ

10 locally recruited staff
Maputo5 staff posted from HQ

8 locally recruited staff
Mexico3 staff posted from HQ

6 locally recruited staff
Moscow5 staff posted from HQ

9 locally recruited staff
Nairobi3 staff posted from HQ

5 locally recruited staff
New Delhi3 staff posted from HQ

7 locally recruited staff
New York CG4 staff posted from HQ

12.5 locally recruited staff
New York PMUN11 staff posted from HQ

5 locally recruited staff
Nicosia1 staff posted from HQ

3 locally recruited staff
Oslo2 staff posted from HQ

3 locally recruited staff
Ottawa3 staff posted from HQ

6 locally recruited staff
Paris7 staff posted from HQ

13.2 locally recruited staff
Paris OECD1 staff posted from HQ

4 locally recruited staff
Prague2 staff posted from HQ

6 locally recruited staff
Pretoria5 staff posted from HQ

8 locally recruited staff
Ramallah2 staff posted from HQ

4 locally recruited staff
Riga1 staff posted from HQ

2 locally recruited staff
Riyadh1 staff posted from HQ

9 locally recruited staff
Rome3 staff posted from HQ

9.42 locally recruited staff
San Francisco CG2 staff posted from HQ

4 locally recruited staff
Sao Paulo CG2 staff posted from HQ

2 locally recruited staff
Seoul2 staff posted from HQ

4 locally recruited staff
Shanghai CG3 staff posted from HQ

4 locally recruited staff
Singapore2 staff posted from HQ

4.3 locally recruited staff
Sofia1 staff posted from HQ

4 locally recruited staff
Stockholm2 staff posted from HQ

3.62 locally recruited staff
Strasbourg Council of Europe2 staff posted from HQ

3 locally recruited staff
Sydney CG1 staff posted from HQ

4 locally recruited staff
Tallinn1 staff posted from HQ

4 locally recruited staff
Tel Aviv2 staff posted from HQ

3 locally recruited staff
The Hague3 staff posted from HQ

5.8 locally recruited staff
Tokyo3 staff posted from HQ

7 locally recruited staff
Valletta1 staff posted from HQ

3 locally recruited staff
Vienna Embassy3 staff posted from HQ

5 locally recruited staff
Vienna OSCE2 staff posted from HQ

2 locally recruited staff
Vilnius1 staff posted from HQ

3 locally recruited staff
Warsaw3 staff posted from HQ

5 locally recruited staff
Washington9 staff posted from HQ

7 locally recruited staff
Zagreb1 staff posted from HQ

2 locally recruited staff

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