Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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43.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the additional staffing and personnel that will be based at the Irish Embassy in Paris during the upcoming Olympic and Paralympic games; and if a temporary emergency out-of-hours phone line will be setup during these games. [24869/24]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The Department of Foreign Affairs will deploy an additional officer from Dublin to Embassy Paris during the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Furthermore, two staff members have been recruited locally, on temporary contracts, to reinforce the Embassy in the provision of services during the Games.

The Embassy’s out-of-hours emergency consular service will be reinforced. This service can be accessed via the main Embassy phone line of +33(0) 1 44 17 67 00.