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Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 2 May 1972

Vol. 260 No. 9

Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Embassy Costs.

13.

asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs in respect of the most recent year for which the accounts have been completed, the annual cost of each embassy including salaries, rent, repair and all operational and entertainment expenses.

The information sought is in the form of a tabular statement which, with your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, will be circulated with the Official Report.

Following is the statement:—

Cost of each Embassy in 1970-71

Salaries, allowances, communications (Vote for Foreign Affairs)

Rents, maintenance, furniture, works, fuel, light (Vote for Public Works and Buildings)

£

£

Berne

22,930

5,072

Bonn

34,229

4,765

Brussels

25,079

8,283

Brussels (Mission to EEC)

62,798

16,588

Buenos Aires

14,303

5,157

Canberra

22,681

6,452

Copenhagen

16,123

9,472

Geneva

26,443

13,915

The Hague

26,361

3,794

Holy See

20,512

6,239

Lagos

29,240

16,516

Lisbon

9,962

3,848

London

100,162

11,148

Madrid

17,513

6,435

New Delhi

18,630

15,486

New York (Mission to UN)

55,752

19,551

Ottawa

28,923

3,743

Paris

60,869

7,150

Rome

34,450

11,502

Stockholm

20,725

4,100

Washington

88,265

5,402

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