Carol Nolan (Laois-Offaly, Independent)
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188. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff who are employed in each foreign embassy based in Ireland as of 7 November 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58534/22]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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There are currently 64 resident diplomatic missions in Ireland. The information below sets out the total number of staff (diplomatic staff, administrative and technical staff, and service staff) notified to the Department of Foreign Affairs by each resident diplomatic mission under Article 10 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations 1961. This information is based on Article 10 notifications received by this Department as of 7 November 2022. The information also includes the total number of US Customs and Border Officials notified to the Department of Foreign Affairs.

The number of staff fluctuates regularly due to the staff rotations of other states. Locally engaged staff are not notified to the Department of Foreign Affairs and this Department does not hold information in relation to the number of locally engaged staff at resident diplomatic missions in Ireland.

1 Algeria 62 Argentina 33 Australia 24 Austria 45 Belgium 36 Brazil 107 Bulgaria 28 Canada 49 Chile 310 China 2511 Colombia 412 Croatia 513 Cuba 314 Cyprus 115 Czech Rep. 616 Denmark 217 Egypt 1618 Estonia 219 Finland 420 France 2121 Georgia 322 Germany 1223 Greece 724 Holy See 525 Hungary 726 India 1127 Iran 628 Israel 729 Italy 930 Japan 1031 Kenya 532 Korea (Rep.) 1133 Latvia 534 Lesotho 435 Lithuania 636 Luxembourg 237 Malaysia 238 Malta 339 Mexico 740 Moldova 541 Morocco 1042 Netherlands 543 New Zealand 344 Nigeria 1245 Norway 246 Pakistan 947 Palestine 348 Peru 449 Poland 950 Portugal 1051 Romania 1152 Russia 2553 Saudi Arabia 2854 Slovak Republic 355 Slovenia 256 South Africa 357 Spain 1258 Sudan 359 Switzerland 160 Turkey 1261 UAE 662 UK 2863 Ukraine 664 USA - 76 (includes 31 US Customs and Border Officials)

Total 536