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Wednesday, 7 November 2018

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Departmental Staff Data

Photo of Fiona O'LoughlinFiona O'Loughlin (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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45. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff in each consulate and embassy in each of the years 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46031/18]

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 such as ensuring the efficient delivery of passport and consular services to our citizens, supporting emigrant organisations and outreach to the diaspora and other networks of influence. Our Embassies and Consulates contribute 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.

Our capacity to deliver on these key goals will increase with the expansion of my Department’s mission network abroad under the Global Ireland Initiative announced in June of this year. This includes the opening of an Embassy in New Zealand in August, the opening of a Consulate General in Vancouver in October and the opening of new missions in Bogotá, Santiago, Amman, Mumbai and Cardiff early in 2019 and in Los Angeles, Frankfurt, Rabat, Kyiv and Manila by the end of 2020.

Our missions are staffed by Departmental officers posted from headquarters; by staff seconded from other Government departments in certain missions including the Permanent Representation in Brussels and Visa Officers seconded to missions from the Department of Justice, and by locally recruited staff.

MissionNumber of Staff 2016Number of Staff 2017Number of Staff 2018 to date
Abu Dhabi12.51314
Abuja111411
Addis Ababa8911
Ankara111212
Athens6.387
Atlanta CG334
Austin CG344
Bangkok8910
Beijing232524
Berlin13.620.618.6
Berne555
Boston CG576
Brasilia564 + 1 Vacancy
Bratislava433
Brussels incl Brussels PFP121212
Brussels PR9199100
Bucharest676
Budapest666
Buenos Aires65 + 1 Vacancy5
Cairo997
Canberra10.61111
Chicago CG6.45.46.4
Copenhagen5.96.96.5
Dar-es-Salaam889
Edinburgh CG43 + 1 Vacancy5
Edinburgh BIC111
Freetown445
Geneva PMUN15.51617
Hanoi91011
Helsinki555
Holy See2.752.753.75
Hong Kong CG555
Jakarta876
Kampala789
Kuala Lumpur566
Lilongwe779
Lisbon666
Ljubljana555
London56.566.664.6
Lusaka777
Luxembourg4.53.53.5
Madrid13.51415
Maputo71113
Mexico998
Monrovia003
Moscow171817
Nairobi398
New Delhi141415
New York CG17.516.516
New York PMUN171729*
Nicosia444
Oslo554
Ottawa101010
Paris1821.219.2
Paris OECD465
Prague7.577
Pretoria101313
Ramallah666
Riga333
Riyadh9109
Rome13.313.4214.72
San Francisco CG669
Sao Paulo CG444
Seoul666
Shanghai CG878
Singapore6.56.36.3
Sofia666
Strasbourg CoE566
Stockholm5.625.625.62
Sydney CG566
Tallinn353
Tel Aviv556
The Hague910.811.6
Tokyo101011
Valletta444
Vancouver CG001
Vienna999
Vienna OSCE445
Vilnius445
Warsaw8810
Washington DC201817
Wellington001
Zagreb333
TOTAL750.47811.59833.79

*11 of these new positions are temporary advisor roles.

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