Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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92. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of diplomatic personnel and military attachés present in Ireland broken down by the country they represent in each of the years from 2017 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [13260/22]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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There are currently 63 resident diplomatic missions in Ireland. The table below sets out the total number of resident diplomatic staff and defence/military attachés notified to the Department of Foreign Affairs by each resident diplomatic mission under Article 10 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations (VCDR) 1961 in each of the years requested. These notifications are used to update the Diplomatic List, which is published on the Department’s website here: www.dfa.ie/embassies/embassies-in-ireland/.

The number of diplomatic staff notified to the Department under Article 10 of the VCDR fluctuates regularly due to the staff rotations of other states.  The information for 2017 – 2021 is based on the Diplomatic List in January for each of these years. The information for 2022 is based on Article 10 notifications received by this Department as of 5^thMarch 2022.

The information provided relates to staff of diplomatic rank only. It does not include administrative and technical staff or service staff, who are also notified to the Department of Foreign Affairs under Article 10 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations 1961.