Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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112. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the additional staff that will be deployed to the Irish Permanent Mission to the UN by grade during Ireland's term on the Security Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2129/21]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Ireland took up its seat as an elected member of the UN Security Council for the 2021-2022 term on 1 January 2021. We intend to make a constructive contribution across the agenda of the Council, which has nearly tripled since Ireland last held a seat 20 years ago. 

In recognition of the areas of focus by the Security Council, both geographically and sectorally, additional posts have been assigned to Ireland's Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York.  Sixteen additional posts will be based in our Mission in New York until the end of our term on the Security Council.  These can be broken down by grade as follows: two Counsellors, five First Secretaries, one Assistant Legal Adviser, one Third Secretary, one Higher Executive Officer and six project staff.  In addition, a Deputy Military Adviser from the Defence Forces and a Peacekeeping Policy Officer from the Department of Defence are being seconded to the Department of Foreign Affairs to serve at the Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York.