asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline each country in which Ireland has (a) an embassy (b) an honorary consular service and (c) no diplomatic representation.
Written Answers. - Diplomatic Representation.
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Membership of the international community at present includes more than 160 states. Of this number, Ireland maintains diplomatic relations, either on a resident or non-resident basis, with 66 states. Resident embassies, normally headed by ambassadors, are at present maintained in 29 countries. In the case of the remaining 37 countries with which Ireland maintains diplomatic relations, these relations are conducted by means of the concurrent accreditation of ambassadors from elsewhere to the countries concerned.
The 66 countries with which Ireland maintains diplomatic relations are listed in annex I.
In addition, Ireland maintains permanent representations or missions to a number of international organisations. These are the European Community in Brussels and the United Nations in New York and Geneva. Ireland also maintains, through the embassy in Paris, permanent delegations to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). A non-resident permanent representative is accredited to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg.
Ireland, in conjunction with its Bilateral Aid Programme, at present maintains development co-operation offices in Lesotho (classified as a consulate general), Sudan, Tanzania and Zambia.
Consulates-general (in the charge of career officers) are maintained in New York, Chicago, Boston and San Francisco.
Ireland has consulates in 34 countries, staffed by honorary consuls or honorary consuls general providing consular services in 40 cities. A list of these offices is given in annex 2.
Annex 1
List of countries in which Ireland has an embassy, with other countries to which the resident ambassadors are accredited on a non-resident basis.
|
Resident |
Non-Resident |
|
Argentina |
Venezuela |
|
Australia |
Indonesia and New Zealand |
|
Austria |
Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Yugoslavia |
|
Belgium |
|
|
Britain |
|
|
Canada |
|
|
China |
Philippines |
|
Denmark |
Iceland and Norway |
|
Egypt |
Sudan |
|
France |
Morocco |
|
Germany, Federal Republic of |
|
|
Greece |
Israel |
|
Holy See |
|
|
Iran |
|
|
Iraq |
Lebanon, Jordan, Kuwait and Cyprus |
|
India |
Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Brunei |
|
Italy |
Libya and Turkey |
|
Japan |
Republic of Korea |
|
Kenya |
Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe |
|
Luxembourg |
|
|
Netherlands |
German Democratic Republic |
|
Nigeria |
|
|
Portugal |
Brazil |
|
Saudi Arabia |
Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, United Arab Emirates |
|
Spain |
Algeria and Tunisia |
|
Sweden |
Poland |
|
Switzerland |
|
|
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
Finland |
|
United States of America |
Mexico |
Annex 2
Countries in which Ireland has Consulates staffed by Honorary Consuls or Honorary Consuls General
|
Country |
City |
|
Australia |
Perth |
|
Belgium |
Antwerp |
|
Brazil |
Rio de Janeiro |
|
Sao Paulo |
|
|
Channel Islands |
Jersey |
|
Ecuador |
Quito |
|
El Salvador |
San Salvador |
|
Federal Republic of |
Bremen |
|
Germany |
Munich |
|
Hamburg |
|
|
West Berlin |
|
|
Finland |
Helsinki |
|
France |
Antibes |
|
Hong Kong |
Hong Kong |
|
Iceland |
Reykjavik |
|
India |
Bombay |
|
Indonesia |
Jakarta |
|
Japan |
Tokyo |
|
Jordan |
Amman |
|
Republic of Korea |
Seoul |
|
Malawi |
Blantyre |
|
Malaysia |
Kuala Lumpur |
|
Mexico |
Mexico City |
|
Netherlands |
Rotterdam |
|
New Zealand |
Auckland |
|
Norway |
Oslo |
|
Pakistan |
Karachi |
|
Peru |
Lima |
|
Philippines |
Manila |
|
Sierra Leone |
Freetown |
|
Singapore |
Singapore |
|
South Africa |
Johannesburg |
|
Spain |
Barcelona |
|
Malaga |
|
|
Tenerife |
|
|
Sweden |
Gothenburg |
|
Thailand |
Bangkok |
|
Cyprus |
Nicosia |
|
Turkey |
Istanbul |
|
United States |
St. Louis |