Written answers
Tuesday, 20 June 2023
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Departmental Data
Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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130. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of embassies and consulates operated by his Department; the total WTE and cost of each, by state; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29245/23]
Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The Department of Foreign Affairs has 98 overseas missions (including Embassies, Consulates, Representative Offices and missions to multilateral institutions). The list of missions, the number of Department of Foreign Affairs officials posted to each mission at end 2022, and the yearly cost of operating each mission during 2022 is set out below in tabular form.
| - | Total DFA Posted Staff as of 31 December 2022 | Total Operating Cost 2022 (€) |
|---|---|---|
| Europe | ||
| Athens | 3 | 760,065 |
| Berlin | 6 | 2,205,192 |
| Berne | 2 | 915,293 |
| Bratislava | 2 | 557,548 |
| Brussels (Emb) | 2 | 701,641 |
| Brussels (Perm Rep) | 70 | 13,649,732* |
| Brussels (Partnership for Peace) | 3 | 334,973 |
| Bucharest | 2 | 553,796 |
| Budapest | 2 | 661,259 |
| Cardiff (Consulate) | 2 | 388,637 |
| Copenhagen | 1 | 606,414 |
| Edinburgh (Consulate) | 4 | 685,400 |
| Frankfurt (Consulate) | 2 | 612,307 |
| Geneva (Perm Mission to the UN) | 6 | 2,185,039 |
| Helsinki | 2 | 894,117 |
| Holy See | 1 | 386,658 |
| Kyiv | 2 | 930,011 |
| Lisbon | 3 | 650,299 |
| Ljubljana | 2 | 523,409 |
| London | 34 | 7,110,537 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 612,820 |
| Lyon (Consulate) | 2 | 100,308 |
| Madrid | 4 | 1,510,855 |
| Manchester (Consulate) | 2 | 390,504 |
| Moscow | 2 | 951,751 |
| Nicosia | 2 | 488,193 |
| Oslo | 2 | 832,778 |
| Paris | 11 | 3,686,054 |
| Paris (OECD) | 2 | 370,071 |
| Prague | 2 | 741,743 |
| Riga | 2 | 450,024 |
| Rome | 4 | 1,488,100 |
| Sofia | 2 | 555,312 |
| Stockholm | 2 | 955,371 |
| Strasbourg | 2 | 747,031 |
| Tallinn | 2 | 423,595 |
| The Hague | 4 | 1,415,745 |
| Valletta | 2 | 511,765 |
| Vienna | 3 | 1,248,206 |
| Vienna (OSCE) | 2 | 779,821 |
| Vilnius | 2 | 488,241 |
| Warsaw | 4 | 1,225,275 |
| Zagreb | 2 | 476,177 |
| Americas | ||
| Atlanta (Consulate) | 2 | 623,875 |
| Austin (Consulate) | 1 | 603,198 |
| Bogota | 2 | 958,412 |
| Boston (Consulate) | 2 | 927,461 |
| Brasilia | 2 | 664,104 |
| Buenos Aires | 3 | 761,460 |
| Chicago (Consulate) | 3 | 768,627 |
| Los Angeles (Consulate) | 2 | 672,072 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1,272,926 |
| Miami (Consulate) | 2 | 103,193 |
| New York (Perm Mission to the UN) | 20 | 8,962,511 |
| New York (Consulate) | 5 | 3,642,368 |
| Ottawa | 2 | 1,311,207 |
| San Francisco (Consulate) | 2 | 1,343,701 |
| Santiago | 2 | 677,604 |
| São Paulo (Consulate) | 2 | 516,012 |
| Toronto (Consulate) | 2 | 248,366 |
| Vancouver (Consulate) | 2 | 673,706 |
| Washington | 9 | 2,719,446 |
| Middle East/North Africa | ||
| Abu Dhabi | 4 | 1,358,051 |
| Amman | 2 | 999,791 |
| Ankara | 4 | 806,224 |
| Cairo | 3 | 882,148 |
| Rabat | 2 | 545,105 |
| Ramallah (Rep Office) | 3 | 1,197,037 |
| Riyadh | 3 | 1,047,902 |
| Tehran | 1 | 256,436 |
| Tel Aviv | 3 | 1,258,590 |
| Africa | ||
| Abuja | 3 | 1,132,762 |
| Addis Ababa | 5 | 2,023,280 |
| Dar Es Salaam | 5 | 1,482,169 |
| Freetown | 3 | 857,322 |
| Kampala | 4 | 1,594,719 |
| Lilongwe | 4 | 1,214,386 |
| Lusaka | 4 | 1,289,171 |
| Maputo | 6 | 1,588,834 |
| Monrovia | 2 | 829,693 |
| Nairobi | 3 | 1,131,638 |
| Pretoria | 4 | 1,525,334 |
| Asia/Australia/Oceania | ||
| Bangkok | 3 | 750,304 |
| Beijing | 9 | 2,797,682 |
| Canberra | 3 | 1,044,656 |
| Hanoi | 5 | 1,404,760 |
| Hong Kong (Consulate) | 3 | 1,255,884 |
| Jakarta | 2 | 834,223 |
| Kuala Lumpur | 2 | 435,694 |
| Manila | 1 | 602,486 |
| Mumbai (Consulate) | 2 | 779,332 |
| New Delhi | 3 | 1,054,392 |
| Seoul | 2 | 856,675 |
| Shanghai (Consulate) | 3 | 1,605,095 |
| Singapore | 2 | 1,043,483 |
| Sydney (Consulate) | 2 | 864,528 |
| Tokyo | 5 | 2,614,753 |
| Wellington | 2 | 806,850 |
*includes €2.2 million in respect of Ireland’s contribution to EU translation services.
Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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131. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the financial allocation to each embassy and consulate operated by his Department in each of the years 2019 to 2023, excluding salaries, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29246/23]
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 table below provides the financial allocation to each Mission for administration, excluding salaries, in the years 2019 to 2023.
| Location | 2019 (€) | 2020 (€) | 2021 (€) | 2022 (€) | 2023 (€) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abu Dhabi | 818,078 | 815,110 | 879,670 | 784,365 | 1,022,782 |
| Abuja | 1,686,489 | 1,172,100 | 1,599,100 | 877,950 | 1,594,305 |
| Addis Ababa | 1,149,739 | 1,137,361 | 1,146,900 | 1,456,400 | 1,200,900 |
| Amman | 871,700 | 816,900 | 1,231,500 | 568,150 | 636,100 |
| Ankara | 494,897 | 428,287 | 446,130 | 504,888 | 546,400 |
| Athens | 425,452 | 398,220 | 402,205 | 452,765 | 443,037 |
| Atlanta | 356,620 | 348,780 | 421,760 | 459,020 | 555,499 |
| Austin | 357,101 | 348,209 | 430,941 | 463,955 | 574,310 |
| Bangkok | 422,760 | 460,539 | 540,016 | 514,608 | 619,398 |
| Beijing | 1,319,877 | 1,472,112 | 1,495,660 | 1,674,928 | 1,908,200 |
| Berlin | 1,239,390 | 1,293,355 | 1,370,418 | 1,463,650 | 1,563,136 |
| Berne | 582,179 | 561,200 | 589,250 | 603,982 | 669,996 |
| Bogotá | 957,970 | 878,555 | 545,700 | 570,000 | 694,585 |
| Boston | 560,514 | 536,565 | 587,470 | 692,571 | 894,243 |
| Brasilia | 491,166 | 418,710 | 422,725 | 493,649 | 532,853 |
| Bratislava | 353,842 | 357,707 | 358,686 | 391,270 | 414,943 |
| Brussels - Embassy | 496,438 | 498,800 | 540,500 | 607,700 | 500,030 |
| Brussels - Partnership For Peace Delegation | 235,956 | 129,580 | 150,900 | 135,772 | 163,125 |
| Brussels - Permanent Representation To The EU | 3,735,825 | 4,008,955 | 4,035,490 | 6,530,180 | 4,318,768 |
| Bucharest | 364,146 | 341,498 | 362,660 | 360,416 | 371,660 |
| Budapest | 489,183 | 445,740 | 468,180 | 464,074 | 494,222 |
| Buenos Aires | 518,717 | 583,957 | 603,330 | 587,560 | 652,198 |
| Cairo | 578,338 | 549,240 | 538,923 | 589,353 | 673,512 |
| Canberra | 805,239 | 806,319 | 805,754 | 843,820 | 767,113 |
| Cardiff | 127,617 | 196,880 | 171,550 | 218,696 | 290,317 |
| Chicago | 505,774 | 497,088 | 555,235 | 572,090 | 617,471 |
| Copenhagen | 487,768 | 426,630 | 458,190 | 459,858 | 478,112 |
| Dakar | - | - | - | - | 450,500 |
| Dar es Salaam | 799,567 | 865,156 | 908,100 | 770,070 | 793,915 |
| Edinburgh | 246,325 | 232,846 | 256,030 | 279,080 | 301,031 |
| Frankfurt | 140,180 | 258,229 | 291,070 | 368,859 | 569,445 |
| Freetown | 757,262 | 462,921 | 424,200 | 541,080 | 541,240 |
| Geneva | 1,385,755 | 1,402,792 | 1,419,040 | 1,452,312 | 1,569,869 |
| Hanoi | 721,936 | 770,959 | 695,900 | 776,500 | 859,660 |
| Helsinki | 670,980 | 594,542 | 551,650 | 605,540 | 633,300 |
| Holy See | 323,250 | 297,279 | 319,537 | 313,850 | 351,310 |
| Hong Kong | 925,614 | 923,170 | 897,725 | 943,532 | 949,313 |
| Jakarta | 431,594 | 446,738 | 529,730 | 645,687 | 465,346 |
| Kampala | 834,352 | 834,813 | 817,200 | 970,750 | 1,021,225 |
| Kuala Lumpur | 288,606 | 276,660 | 282,680 | 285,270 | 339,724 |
| Kyiv | - | - | 366,500 | 1,155,500 | 1,770,050 |
| Lilongwe | 652,306 | 709,157 | 619,100 | 618,090 | 637,185 |
| Lisbon | 435,740 | 428,002 | 463,650 | 458,611 | 506,460 |
| Ljubljana | 362,070 | 344,554 | 360,430 | 369,133 | 368,270 |
| London | 3,747,618 | 4,094,500 | 4,034,900 | 4,129,500 | 4,339,887 |
| Los Angeles | - | 181,080 | 477,985 | 539,097 | 672,072 |
| Lusaka | 691,372 | 651,483 | 518,500 | 587,000 | 530,575 |
| Luxembourg | 351,480 | 397,688 | 517,470 | 449,828 | 471,580 |
| Lyon | - | - | - | 41,000 | 591,662 |
| Madrid | 1,013,798 | 1,010,978 | 1,020,640 | 1,100,948 | 1,086,507 |
| Manchester | - | - | 199,000 | 198,695 | 197,030 |
| Manila | - | - | 150,167 | 551,050 | 720,583 |
| Maputo | 740,446 | 737,095 | 688,300 | 860,450 | 840,510 |
| Mexico | 630,617 | 643,705 | 656,250 | 895,413 | 936,762 |
| Miami | - | - | - | 41,000 | 562,763 |
| Monrovia | 531,955 | 511,900 | 700,070 | 665,595 | 531,955 |
| Moscow | 625,938 | 550,390 | 509,442 | 526,029 | 509,078 |
| Mumbai | 712,853 | 607,350 | 561,645 | 595,100 | 598,374 |
| Nairobi | 490,523 | 519,922 | 660,200 | 677,650 | 679,790 |
| New Delhi | 764,264 | 781,838 | 741,350 | 738,827 | 771,366 |
| New York - Consulate General | 2,590,445 | 2,390,474 | 2,535,000 | 2,644,670 | 2,937,008 |
| New York - Permanent Mission to the UN | 2,994,524 | 3,334,932 | 5,436,469 | 5,842,460 | 4,835,475 |
| Nicosia | 274,700 | 286,475 | 299,740 | 307,210 | 311,080 |
| Oslo | 564,361 | 550,540 | 581,265 | 656,576 | 756,529 |
| Ottawa | 633,333 | 587,773 | 656,810 | 862,906 | 1,001,993 |
| Paris - Embassy | 2,113,636 | 2,103,400 | 2,326,781 | 2,339,420 | 2,301,568 |
| Paris - Permanent Representation to the OECD and UNESCO * | - | - | - | 361,745 | 462,340 |
| Prague | 517,453 | 519,578 | 527,805 | 554,500 | 629,369 |
| Pretoria | 733,165 | 685,605 | 823,700 | 757,450 | 685,330 |
| Rabat | - | - | 144,667 | 316,000 | 332,365 |
| Ramallah | 537,196 | 626,173 | 569,600 | 607,300 | 482,085 |
| Riga | 235,264 | 284,042 | 300,250 | 310,862 | 287,690 |
| Riyadh | 749,340 | 601,119 | 866,755 | 727,775 | 908,097 |
| Rome | 964,836 | 833,044 | 870,050 | 1,094,281 | 1,062,371 |
| San Francisco | 829,440 | 841,920 | 1,160,804 | 1,100,377 | 1,357,959 |
| Santiago | 414,048 | 428,470 | 444,390 | 460,826 | 454,331 |
| Sao Paolo | 323,571 | 271,000 | 327,510 | 359,076 | 455,657 |
| Seoul | 848,238 | 602,380 | 725,170 | 691,500 | 702,160 |
| Shanghai | 684,918 | 696,262 | 688,920 | 757,670 | 1,330,678 |
| Singapore | 733,225 | 722,030 | 779,565 | 796,960 | 903,663 |
| Sofia | 379,178 | 373,370 | 378,750 | 390,086 | 394,515 |
| Stockholm | 552,524 | 575,734 | 649,960 | 643,896 | 719,457 |
| Strasbourg | 363,276 | 339,160 | 403,350 | 521,800 | 435,290 |
| Sydney | 554,318 | 604,300 | 683,990 | 815,410 | 803,859 |
| Tallinn | 315,730 | 226,691 | 253,745 | 306,130 | 308,310 |
| Tehran | - | - | 114,000 | 187,150 | 246,272 |
| Tel Aviv | 716,346 | 752,620 | 843,430 | 898,380 | 999,962 |
| The Hague | 736,475 | 777,050 | 931,180 | 985,568 | 914,533 |
| Tokyo | 1,886,475 | 1,893,796 | 2,032,200 | 1,941,100 | 2,021,443 |
| Toronto | - | - | - | 103,000 | 542,581 |
| Valletta | 297,880 | 336,235 | 345,914 | 365,824 | 384,418 |
| Vancouver | 308,625 | 422,652 | 459,862 | 469,310 | 543,916 |
| Vienna - Embassy | 716,254 | 686,220 | 751,418 | 822,178 | 843,365 |
| Vienna - Permanent Mission to the OSCE | 484,135 | 468,459 | 472,040 | 504,600 | 588,370 |
| Vilnius | 291,062 | 315,160 | 314,160 | 327,400 | 345,555 |
| Warsaw | 835,051 | 796,610 | 803,020 | 869,284 | 902,846 |
| Washington DC | 1,297,697 | 1,437,710 | 1,373,160 | 1,489,310 | 1,762,839 |
| Wellington | 317,013 | 410,075 | 635,200 | 659,555 | 790,195 |
| Zagreb | 284,264 | 324,937 | 345,510 | 336,490 | 344,912 |
* Financial allocation was included with Embassy Paris until 2022
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