Paul Donnelly (Dublin West, Sinn Fein)
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35.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of current 'WTE executive personal assistant posts, by gender, at each Irish Embassy and Consulate General Office, as of 11 July 2024, in tabular form. [31647/24]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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As of 11^thJuly 2024, 6 civil servants (WTE) were posted abroad to serve as Personal Assistants in Ireland’s Embassies and Consulates General as follows:

Across the rest of Ireland’s diplomatic mission network, the role of Personal Assistant is carried out by locally recruited colleagues, often in addition to other administrative and consular duties.

Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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36.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the date each Irish ambassador and deputy ambassador or equivalent was posted to his or her current embassy; and when each ambassador and deputy ambassador’s term will finish at his or her current posting, in tabular form. [31675/24]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Irish Ambassadors are appointed by the President on the advice of the Government following nomination by the Minister for Foreign Affairs.

The duration of a posting to a diplomatic mission is generally, although not always, between two to four years.

The start dates for all current Irish Ambassadors is provided in tabular form below. However, as a Government decision on their successor determines when the posting of an Ambassador comes to a conclusion, it is not possible to provide the Deputy with a list of dates on which each of these postings will conclude.

An Ambassador may opt to designate a member of the team as Deputy Head of Mission. This, however, depends on location and on circumstances and it is not a diplomatic or civil service grade.