Consular Services Expenditure

Tuesday, 23 April 2013

Questions (157)

Pearse Doherty

Question:

157. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will set out in tabular form for each year 2011 and 2012, the cost, by country, of operating embassies, consulates, chanceries and other diplomatic representation, showing under separate headings for each country, premises, costs, salaries and earnings, and other costs. [18434/13]

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Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade

Ireland’s 73 missions abroad perform a wide range of functions in pursuit of Ireland’s foreign policy interests. These include representing and advancing government policies with other States and in international organisations, in particular the EU and UN; economic and cultural promotion; frontline consular and passport services to Irish citizens overseas; engaging with Irish communities abroad and harnessing the resource they offer in assisting economic recovery; and programme management, particularly in the Irish Aid priority countries. The operating costs of each of Ireland’s diplomatic missions for 2011 and 2012 are provided in the tables below. In 2012 there was an overall reduction in administrative costs of €0.57m for the diplomatic network. The figures in these tables include all expenditure items charged to Mission budgets. Salary and related costs of staff posted from Ireland are not included as they are a charge on the overall budget of the Department rather than on a specific Mission. Likewise, capital expenditure is not included as such expenditure does not form part of the Mission’s budget.

A number of Missions manage significant programmes on behalf of Irish Aid and their effective implementation necessarily entails additional management and oversight costs which are included in the figures provided below.

2011	Local Salaries, Foreign Representation and Accommodation	Travel and Subsistence	Other Costs	Communications	Office Supplies	Premises
BERNE	355,817	6,706	14,501	15,014	3,634	103,920
BERLIN	527,329	17,134	21,623	27,236	8,148	325,434
BOSTON	235,071	4,555	1,542	8,792	3,485	106,178
BRUSSELS (EMBASSY)	273,398	2,738	18,024	9,978	2,524	226,495
BRUSSELS (PR-EU)	1,884,193	145,227	60,140	109,471	70,304	1,088,712
BUENOS AIRES	198,964	14,063	14,844	10,817	3,390	173,763
CAIRO	196,430	18,691	7,627	28,981	1,862	169,940
CANBERRA	552,669	44,958	10,806	33,624	10,495	94,018
CHICAGO	227,708	13,499	3,157	13,260	3,779	80,242
COPENHAGEN	294,920	8,067	13,746	13,113	3,094	50,163
GENEVA	707,534	21,188	11,352	26,609	8,026	488,249
THE HAGUE	477,619	8,358	56,278	24,203	5,576	80,079
HOLY SEE	254,007	1,584	20,176	11,954	2,136	123,766
ABUJA	127,933	40,843	29,453	13,219	4,893	36,642
LISBON	236,319	18,129	11,037	21,872	2,092	138,433
LONDON	1,548,603	54,911	100,768	130,835	54,022	979,386
LUXEMBOURG	260,544	370	3,972	6,305	1,933	113,918
MADRID	594,575	11,813	12,410	28,957	3,505	319,757
MOSCOW	383,973	29,845	16,772	29,766	3,984	266,816
NEW DELHI	141,790	23,930	11,435	14,837	6,678	469,766
NEW YORK - PMUN	828,845	5,997	9,719	35,516	13,958	1,062,843
NEW YORK - C.G.	826,242	12,406	16,517	8,092	16,233	789,953
OTTAWA	319,544	37,616	12,647	34,676	12,763	144,058
PARIS	1,224,262	28,883	19,842	37,496	9,432	327,168
ROME	542,241	23,642	21,577	28,132	8,537	522,156
SAN FRANCISCO	193,493	10,230	1,087	-14,003	8,369	140,256
STOCKHOLM	311,733	856	11,893	15,001	4,100	270,763
TEHRAN	141,117	9,308	10,830	1,086	684	158,680
TOKYO	795,396	20,621	48,953	26,647	8,378	1,384,445
VIENNA	378,127	6,339	17,144	14,939	3,918	235,081
WASHINGTON DC	873,991	29,722	26,698	39,004	9,212	93,439
OSLO	261,128	2,071	12,171	15,227	4,746	347,779
STRASBOURG	275,881	5,840	6,328	11,933	3,223	106,407
RIYADH	233,982	17,647	9,848	11,324	4,338	48,515
ATHENS	283,671	5,492	12,381	10,852	2,250	157,211
BEIJING	285,743	45,996	17,160	31,382	5,577	334,170
BELFAST SECRETARIAT	232,588	22,896	33,770	27,791	4,212	347,891
SEOUL	162,127	9,255	8,134	10,382	3,499	164,370
WARSAW	286,651	14,477	23,008	23,888	5,458	382,628
HELSINKI	214,127	4,599	10,463	13,287	3,914	262,529
PRETORIA	464,988	64,024	66,142	40,135	18,629	348,346
PRAGUE	311,675	5,848	14,542	14,860	4,218	219,848
KUALA LUMPUR	147,535	11,147	8,896	9,695	1,939	172,136
BUDAPEST	137,066	7,802	10,760	11,466	736	318,590
OSCE - VIENNA	203,660	23,315	13,490	9,887	2,304	153,511
TEL AVIV	214,283	4,146	15,571	12,392	2,374	299,703
EDINBURGH	103,126	1,330	2,627	9,980	1,273	80,509
ANKARA	186,767	29,306	14,449	12,343	2,165	134,620
MEXICO	181,761	34,838	12,709	22,845	2,788	182,965
ARMAGH	30,150	58,808	10,073	5,695	4,209	465,558
SYDNEY	305,428	9,526	2,236	18,432	4,538	283,884
SHANGHAI	129,640	11,637	6,649	15,211	1,409	387,926
SINGAPORE	315,472	28,249	7,136	7,759	1,853	453,648
RAMALLAH	171,025	2,253	9,797	6,547	958	50,905
BRUSSELS (P.F.P.)	67,734	2,855	279	1,412	1,534	192,691
NICOSIA	128,214	980	6,168	4,572	1,481	225,121
LJUBLJANA	205,701	7,407	16,518	7,994	1,721	161,044
TALLINN	61,909	1,561	5,714	8,343	1,856	299,132
BRATISLAVA	138,986	2,302	8,849	7,970	835	197,813
BRASILIA	247,469	19,217	12,261	15,923	2,621	231,815
BUCHAREST	177,794	5,467	10,104	12,227	2,893	263,587
SOFIA	109,053	5,968	19,324	5,993	961	219,533
LONDON - PPO	195,097	546	0	0	0	0
RIGA	63,009	2,426	6,440	4,946	1,646	105,137
VILNIUS	132,043	1,175	7,185	5,903	956	267,696
VALLETTA	84,950	9,670	1,248	8,742	990	218,648
ABU DHABI	160,678	16,227	11,212	13,627	3,756	180,194
ATLANTA - CONSULATE	84,843	10,140	5,311	5,712	1,721	25,073
ADDIS ABABA	469,421	14,033	70,968	9,025	10,603	58,671
DAR ES SALAAM	574,365	63,315	94,583	22,723	25,365	50,892
DILI	59,111	19,299	3,463	6,433	2,574	36,773
FREETOWN	69,035	6,940	41,340	5,137	2,451	157,016
HANOI	267,943	56,132	23,712	9,239	11,819	334,296
KAMPALA	416,342	50,924	130,209	21,521	15,457	152,267
LILONGWE	175,495	34,206	88,515	19,404	17,940	125,146
LUSAKA	798,441	70,737	94,126	20,876	17,209	132,158
MAPUTO	471,827	98,148	163,390	37,265	21,893	175,871
MASERU	299,381	24,426	61,575	26,619	10,438	82,216

Table

2012	Local Salaries, Rent Allowance, Representation Allowance	Travel and Subsistence	Other Costs	Communications	Office Supplies	Premises
BERNE	352,486	6,275	12,077	14,112	3,995	105,173
BERLIN	485,446	18,316	25,298	24,767	8,380	350,969
BOSTON	233,288	4,309	1,497	11,530	4,567	67,463
BRUSSELS (EMBASSY)	308,370	1,537	13,285	7,291	4,372	295,065
BRUSSELS (PR-EU)	1,863,134	187,745	158,336	113,483	78,913	1,073,841
BUENOS AIRES	188,355	24,656	10,759	10,497	907	154,068
CAIRO	220,509	21,395	5,597	20,183	2,360	179,860
CANBERRA	585,498	60,655	13,718	39,676	11,733	103,376
CHICAGO	234,620	13,895	1,830	17,979	4,223	37,817
COPENHAGEN	271,042	6,878	15,822	13,306	3,240	61,517
GENEVA	703,743	35,140	11,200	24,554	9,722	498,056
THE HAGUE	478,255	5,888	55,699	23,724	4,615	129,982
HOLY SEE	1,688	5,646	0	0	0	0
ABUJA	151,642	39,557	53,601	14,761	5,891	313,439
LISBON	199,341	3,412	9,279	20,474	1,486	144,181
LONDON	1,485,960	46,181	89,322	159,999	54,184	1,025,019
LUXEMBOURG	253,468	3	4,530	6,426	1,326	125,043
MADRID	592,184	6,827	8,654	25,371	4,570	311,239
MOSCOW	404,176	38,357	24,988	33,475	8,175	237,864
NEW DELHI	177,043	31,721	11,515	15,611	8,948	380,661
NEW YORK - PMUN	899,805	2,606	9,615	33,361	18,800	518,782
NEW YORK - C.G.	869,113	20,027	14,189	8,149	21,126	874,924
OTTAWA	340,061	39,117	19,200	24,504	11,725	157,394
PARIS	1,231,041	22,147	21,924	33,339	13,235	320,851
ROME	759,610	23,350	38,469	32,321	9,743	372,650
SAN FRANCISCO	202,647	10,289	1,292	-21,149	7,399	153,830
STOCKHOLM	251,279	4,069	10,127	9,714	3,297	265,261
TEHRAN	274,506	145	-12,417	509	12	-16,341
TOKYO	894,385	19,045	41,368	25,967	7,488	986,372
VIENNA	375,971	2,117	13,614	10,270	4,942	238,572
WASHINGTON DC	884,578	47,219	27,627	42,479	9,571	88,537
OSLO	275,198	1,226	13,531	13,621	3,690	318,966
STRASBOURG	271,237	4,987	6,752	12,505	3,452	105,731
RIYADH	261,172	16,321	11,084	10,411	4,547	52,768
ATHENS	246,386	6,609	12,141	9,527	2,033	155,638
BEIJING	355,444	37,459	24,786	31,498	7,795	392,959
BELFAST SECRETARIAT	266,681	25,474	19,588	26,740	2,774	307,357
SEOUL	156,792	10,290	5,732	10,429	2,019	176,643
WARSAW	278,692	30,410	28,083	21,264	7,363	392,692
HELSINKI	215,505	3,305	9,910	10,738	2,641	216,022
PRETORIA	259,793	29,653	22,430	37,644	10,395	183,591
PRAGUE	441,340	50,715	77,361	40,818	15,648	271,555
KUALA LUMPUR	158,954	6,339	10,757	8,740	1,933	194,731
BUDAPEST	128,007	7,884	12,550	11,926	1,789	272,898
OSCE - VIENNA	192,415	17,531	10,601	15,215	3,277	163,349
TEL AVIV	212,167	2,730	16,297	12,588	1,819	349,081
EDINBURGH	108,743	2,057	2,890	9,243	2,201	80,309
ANKARA	191,677	18,209	14,560	15,099	5,925	142,747
MEXICO	194,623	34,647	13,359	21,559	2,605	213,576
ARMAGH	22,421	47,802	10,118	6,917	4,644	446,060
SYDNEY	348,278	6,761	2,257	21,603	4,625	311,852
SHANGHAI	155,636	6,458	10,455	14,544	3,772	403,129
SINGAPORE	330,317	28,798	9,687	2,357	1,984	556,700
RAMALLAH	169,064	2,403	19,896	7,753	1,818	157,127
BRUSSELS (P.F.P.)	47,135	2,630	286	974	3,193	181,817
NICOSIA	124,581	228	6,882	5,747	2,026	139,157
LJUBLJANA	201,644	10,869	15,147	9,524	4,807	149,044
TALLINN	61,588	2,406	5,503	7,652	1,776	301,719
BRATISLAVA	92,438	1,565	5,781	6,286	1,329	186,683
BRASILIA	237,266	25,750	11,840	17,609	2,229	227,473
BUCHAREST	159,532	4,299	10,704	10,580	2,738	274,233
SOFIA	103,524	1,933	21,037	7,304	436	221,759
LONDON - PPO	210,926	290	0	0	10,529	0
RIGA	62,341	1,258	7,245	4,435	1,691	98,177
VILNIUS	116,847	49	7,934	5,745	1,190	236,218
VALLETTA	88,515	11,397	1,459	10,816	3,604	217,087
ABU DHABI	168,222	15,481	11,488	10,159	2,261	181,174
ATLANTA - CONSULATE	97,905	11,430	1,843	6,575	1,350	52,385
ADDIS ABABA	450,011	14,346	56,086	9,025	11,586	71,708
DAR ES SALAAM	649,047	53,401	103,820	22,723	25,303	55,356
DILI	44,212	19,819	17,655	10,423	3,556	54,342
FREETOWN	103,376	29,243	25,078	9,489	5,088	116,471
HANOI	301,083	83,591	40,160	13,637	10,156	307,544
KAMPALA	533,792	57,275	160,659	21,521	17,566	198,544
LILONGWE	157,560	39,983	80,326	19,404	22,997	116,952
LUSAKA	764,837	52,015	94,417	20,876	14,415	45,056
MAPUTO	550,460	80,644	149,910	37,265	33,985	215,622
MASERU	326,184	24,252	43,095	26,620	8,513	106,039

Question No. 158 answered with Question No. 156.