Written answers
Tuesday, 30 May 2023
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Consular Services
Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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122. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a breakdown in tabular form for each of the past five years the total cost and expenditure for operating each Irish Embassy abroad as incurred by his Department. [25986/23]
Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The Department of Foreign Affairs manages a total of 99 Missions overseas, including Embassies, Consulates General, Permanent Representations and a small number of other offices. The operating costs for each Mission in the years 2018 to 2022 are provided below. These operating cost include the salaries of Irish Civil Servants posted to these missions, which are incurred and paid in Ireland, but are included in these mission operating costs in accordance accounting convention.
| Location | 2018 (€) | 2019 (€) | 2020 (€) | 2021 (€) | 2022 (€) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abu Dhabi | 1,110,480 | 1,131,808 | 1,099,015 | 1,136,889 | 1,358,051 |
| Abuja | 938,788 | 834,700 | 890,481 | 929,482 | 1,132,762 |
| Addis Ababa | 1,903,975 | 1,854,670 | 1,469,974 | 1,853,299 | 2,023,280 |
| Amman | 114,612 | 917,937 | 604,054 | 1,540,431 | 999,791 |
| Ankara | 718,141 | 728,243 | 706,461 | 767,543 | 806,224 |
| Athens | 727,029 | 715,903 | 586,039 | 690,469 | 760,065 |
| Atlanta | 473,641 | 548,486 | 523,049 | 465,607 | 623,875 |
| Austin | 457,201 | 501,311 | 505,837 | 551,738 | 603,198 |
| Bangkok | 642,148 | 736,130 | 716,656 | 788,913 | 750,304 |
| Beijing | 2,231,038 | 2,279,695 | 2,312,668 | 2,308,008 | 2,797,682 |
| Berlin | 1,926,977 | 1,982,236 | 2,003,552 | 2,012,646 | 2,205,192 |
| Berne | 744,130 | 816,364 | 817,566 | 837,267 | 915,293 |
| Bogotá | 3,821 | 983,493 | 1,038,456 | 871,269 | 958,412 |
| Boston | 794,698 | 747,512 | 688,986 | 697,480 | 927,461 |
| Brasilia | 503,789 | 650,921 | 566,783 | 592,062 | 664,104 |
| Bratislava | 334,695 | 423,915 | 481,259 | 501,673 | 557,548 |
| Brussels - Embassy | 681,300 | 638,431 | 657,188 | 645,218 | 701,641 |
| Brussels - Partnership For Peace Delegation | 444,173 | 427,598 | 348,582 | 322,376 | 334,973 |
| Brussels - Permanent Representation To The EU | 10,041,995 | 10,132,322 | 10,007,800 | 10,318,316 | 13,649,732 (includes €2.2 million in respect of Ireland's contribution to EU translation services) |
| Bucharest | 509,969 | 502,855 | 484,994 | 481,061 | 553,796 |
| Budapest | 602,936 | 620,843 | 554,328 | 607,739 | 661,259 |
| Buenos Aires | 650,524 | 715,105 | 757,519 | 848,007 | 761,460 |
| Cairo | 847,094 | 879,976 | 809,370 | 804,074 | 882,148 |
| Canberra | 1,108,225 | 1,114,042 | 1,141,912 | 1,039,906 | 1,044,656 |
| Cardiff | 972 | 253,938 | 322,689 | 308,736 | 388,637 |
| Chicago | 633,627 | 685,424 | 616,764 | 647,551 | 768,627 |
| Copenhagen | 707,667 | 663,027 | 605,280 | 613,951 | 606,414 |
| Dakar | 41,637 | ||||
| Dar es Salaam | 1,388,158 | 1,453,901 | 1,090,947 | 1,277,096 | 1,482,169 |
| Edinburgh | 492,413 | 525,048 | 530,021 | 623,752 | 685,400 |
| Frankfurt | 84 | 173,625 | 420,269 | 471,155 | 612,307 |
| Freetown | 767,725 | 781,239 | 718,022 | 722,749 | 857,322 |
| Geneva | 1,951,574 | 2,001,373 | 2,127,799 | 2,142,329 | 2,185,039 |
| Hanoi | 1,364,849 | 1,428,464 | 1,316,922 | 1,291,622 | 1,404,760 |
| Helsinki | 800,984 | 854,712 | 746,454 | 868,648 | 894,117 |
| Holy See | 385,912 | 386,173 | 376,584 | 398,558 | 386,658 |
| Hong Kong | 1,103,285 | 1,225,933 | 1,205,373 | 1,111,971 | 1,255,884 |
| Jakarta | 522,750 | 790,671 | 580,654 | 686,098 | 834,223 |
| Kampala | 1,467,180 | 1,375,412 | 1,363,542 | 1,452,637 | 1,594,719 |
| Kuala Lumpur | 473,766 | 469,630 | 462,377 | 465,188 | 435,694 |
| Kyiv | 257,200 | 930,011 | |||
| Lilongwe | 1,071,933 | 1,109,678 | 1,055,834 | 1,052,817 | 1,214,386 |
| Lisbon | 625,428 | 655,235 | 644,259 | 637,520 | 650,299 |
| Ljubljana | 515,783 | 532,356 | 511,251 | 505,664 | 523,409 |
| London | 5,901,602 | 6,674,906 | 6,604,225 | 6,724,335 | 7,110,537 |
| Los Angeles | 181,080 | 477,985 | 539,097 | 672,072 | |
| Lusaka | 895,725 | 906,566 | 740,640 | 878,159 | 1,289,171 |
| Luxembourg | 418,201 | 456,228 | 545,095 | 581,294 | 612,820 |
| Lyon | 100,308 | ||||
| Madrid | 1,295,627 | 1,338,773 | 1,429,006 | 1,465,130 | 1,510,855 |
| Manchester | - | 147,639 | 390,504 | ||
| Manila | - | 248,235 | 602,486 | ||
| Maputo | 1,304,327 | 1,387,035 | 1,301,639 | 1,307,402 | 1,588,834 |
| Mexico | 931,333 | 981,385 | 954,467 | 836,998 | 1,272,926 |
| Miami | 103,193 | ||||
| Monrovia | 7,670 | 450,898 | 577,162 | 671,685 | 829,693 |
| Moscow | 1,008,214 | 1,007,999 | 815,655 | 809,939 | 951,751 |
| Mumbai | 23,967 | 803,968 | 744,133 | 715,143 | 779,332 |
| Nairobi | 899,731 | 903,499 | 1,032,896 | 1,203,911 | 1,131,638 |
| New Delhi | 892,369 | 896,275 | 1,128,478 | 700,985 | 1,054,392 |
| New York - Consulate General | 2,638,405 | 2,829,662 | 2,807,116 | 2,864,253 | 3,642,368 |
| New York - Permanent Mission to the UN | 4,042,332 | 4,520,983 | 5,149,562 | 8,026,405 | 8,962,511 |
| Nicosia | 377,526 | 415,832 | 439,968 | 447,369 | 488,193 |
| Oslo | 848,401 | 801,349 | 662,977 | 811,527 | 832,778 |
| Ottawa | 915,955 | 862,948 | 924,249 | 951,132 | 1,311,207 |
| Paris - Embassy | 3,061,695 | 3,224,828 | 3,424,071 | 3,685,580 | 3,686,054 |
| Paris - Permanent Representation to the OECD and UNESCO * | 370,071 | ||||
| Prague | 693,353 | 656,206 | 683,743 | 668,705 | 741,743 |
| Pretoria | 1,385,563 | 1,405,480 | 1,309,013 | 1,496,945 | 1,525,334 |
| Rabat | 143,657 | 545,105 | |||
| Ramallah | 451,603 | 790,418 | 885,551 | 1,127,468 | 1,197,037 |
| Riga | 299,366 | 300,186 | 369,238 | 395,269 | 450,024 |
| Riyadh | 668,935 | 853,160 | 840,450 | 876,796 | 1,047,902 |
| Rome | 1,146,677 | 1,363,829 | 1,316,519 | 1,305,945 | 1,488,100 |
| San Francisco | 934,685 | 1,054,957 | 1,022,131 | 1,317,075 | 1,343,701 |
| Santiago | 29,042 | 591,479 | 603,884 | 615,955 | 677,604 |
| Sao Paolo | 429,340 | 456,824 | 380,687 | 404,528 | 516,012 |
| Seoul | 676,026 | 848,582 | 777,812 | 787,942 | 856,675 |
| Shanghai | 931,023 | 986,672 | 925,925 | 973,798 | 1,605,095 |
| Singapore | 877,997 | 926,097 | 917,895 | 970,553 | 1,043,483 |
| Sofia | 525,374 | 523,529 | 536,981 | 535,901 | 555,312 |
| Stockholm | 704,442 | 708,456 | 743,623 | 880,718 | 955,371 |
| Strasbourg | 635,939 | 626,949 | 570,536 | 617,418 | 747,031 |
| Sydney | 705,021 | 742,309 | 758,750 | 857,933 | 864,528 |
| Tallinn | 366,861 | 382,426 | 377,332 | 421,510 | 423,595 |
| Tehran | 66,205 | 256,436 | |||
| Tel Aviv | 965,706 | 1,016,261 | 1,078,024 | 1,159,115 | 1,258,590 |
| The Hague | 1,034,303 | 1,096,259 | 1,156,440 | 1,259,543 | 1,415,745 |
| Tokyo | 1,893,990 | 2,383,094 | 2,428,609 | 2,657,641 | 2,614,753 |
| Toronto | 248,366 | ||||
| Valletta | 356,789 | 375,477 | 484,939 | 489,733 | 511,765 |
| Vancouver | 153,518 | 454,472 | 599,571 | 597,611 | 673,706 |
| Vienna - Embassy | 1,072,624 | 1,056,497 | 861,178 | 1,130,337 | 1,248,206 |
| Vienna - Permanent Mission to the OSCE | 710,037 | 786,019 | 741,180 | 738,560 | 779,821 |
| Vilnius | 360,010 | 396,585 | 450,534 | 473,267 | 488,241 |
| Warsaw | 1,033,634 | 1,124,887 | 1,165,101 | 1,193,805 | 1,225,275 |
| Washington DC | 2,229,037 | 2,418,573 | 2,374,923 | 2,549,591 | 2,719,446 |
| Wellington | 175,965 | 579,463 | 603,731 | 760,016 | 806,850 |
| Zagreb | 353,153 | 393,636 | 452,848 | 447,919 | 476,177 |
* - Previously included in Mission Paris
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