Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 5 November 2013
123. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish embassies and diplomatic missions in use; the number of staff assigned to each mission; the costs of operating same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46855/13]
View answerIreland’s diplomatic network includes 56 Embassies, 7 multilateral missions and 10 Consulates General and other offices. In addition to their country of residence, many Ambassadors are also accredited to additional countries on a concurrent basis which enhances the cost-effectiveness of our external representation.
Our missions abroad work very closely with the state agencies in the promotion of exports, tourism and inward investment. They perform also a wide range of functions in support 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 the UN; economic, trade and cultural promotion; frontline consular and passport services to citizens overseas; engaging with and supporting Irish communities, and managing Ireland’s overseas development programmes in Ireland’s key partner countries.
The figures provided in the table below for our overseas missions include both Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade and Vote 27 - International Co-operation. The effective implementation of the aid programme necessarily entails additional management and oversight costs which are included in the figures provided. In addition to 25 locally recruited core staff, in the region of 180 locally-employed staff are engaged on the development co-operation side to meet technical requirements in specific programme areas. The numbers of such staff in each mission at any time varies in accordance with programme requirements.
|
Mission |
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Officers posted from HQ |
Locally engaged (including agency) administrative, clerical and other support staff |
Budget Allocation 2013 |
|
1 Assistant Secretary |
|||
|
Abu Dhabi |
1 Third Secretary |
4 |
428,968 |
|
1 Counsellor |
|||
|
Abuja |
1 Third Secretary |
5 |
309,070 |
|
1 Counsellor |
|||
|
2 Development Specialist |
|||
|
1 Higher Executive Officer |
|||
|
Addis Ababa |
1 Junior Professional Intern |
4 |
477,059 |
|
1 Assistant Secretary |
|||
|
1 Assistant Principal Officer |
|||
|
Ankara |
1 Third Secretary |
4 |
438,195 |
|
1 Counsellor |
|||
|
1 First Secretary |
|||
|
Athens |
1 Higher Executive Officer |
5.3* |
466,534 |
|
Atlanta |
1 First Secretary |
1 |
175,731 |
|
1 Assistant Secretary |
|||
|
1 First Secretary |
|||
|
Beijing |
1 Third Secretary |
12 |
931,142 |
|
1 Second Secretary General |
|||
|
3 First Secretary/APO |
|||
|
Berlin |
1 Third Secretary |
6 |
950,225 |
|
1 Assistant Secretary |
|||
|
Berne |
1 Third Secretary |
3 |
496,260 |
|
1 First Secretary |
|||
|
Boston |
1 Third Secretary |
3 |
424,996 |
|
1 Counsellor |
|||
|
Brasilia |
1 Third Secretary |
4 |
569,663 |
|
Bratislava |
1 First Secretary |
2 |
281,327 |
|
1 Counsellor |
|||
|
1 First Secretary |
|||
|
1 Higher Executive Officer |
|||
|
Brussels (Embassy – including PfP representation) |
1 Clerical Officer |
4 |
1,034,224 |
|
2 Assistant Secretary |
|||
|
2 Counsellor |
|||
|
11 First Secretary/APO |
|||
|
2 Third Secretary |
|||
|
1 Higher Executive Officer |
|||
|
2 Executive Officer |
|||
|
Brussels (Permanent Representation to the European Union) |
17 Clerical Officer |
6 |
3,669,434 |
|
1 Assistant Secretary |
|||
|
Bucharest |
1 First Secretary |
5 |
494,007 |
|
1 Counsellor |
|||
|
Budapest |
1 Third Secretary |
4 |
460,199 |
|
1 Counsellor |
|||
|
Buenos Aires |
1 Third Secretary |
3.4* |
408,638 |
|
1 Counsellor |
|||
|
1 Assistant Principal Officer |
|||
|
Cairo |
1 Third Secretary |
6 |
433,008 |
|
1 Counsellor |
|||
|
Canberra |
1 First Secretary |
7.1* |
941,323 |
|
1 First Secretary |
|||
|
Chicago |
1 Third Secretary |
3.4* |
358,286 |
|
1 Second Secretary General |
|||
|
Copenhagen |
1 Third Secretary |
4.4* |
437,810 |
|
1 Principal Development Specialist |
|||
|
1 Senior Development Specialist |
|||
|
2 Development Specialist |
|||
|
1 Higher Executive Officer |
|||
|
Dar-Es-Salaam |
1 Junior Professional Intern |
3 |
871,975 |
|
1 First Secretary |
|||
|
Edinburgh |
1 Clerical Officer |
1 |
261,803 |
|
1 Development Specialist |
|||
|
Freetown |
1 Third Secretary |
1 |
273,750 |
|
1 Assistant Secretary |
|||
|
4 First Secretary |
|||
|
2 Third Secretary |
|||
|
1 Executive Officer |
|||
|
1 Junior Professional Intern |
|||
|
2 Interns |
|||
|
Geneva (Permanent Mission to the United Nations) (Including temporary extra staff relating to Ireland’s membership of the UN Human Rights Council) |
1 Clerical Officer |
3.5* |
1,517,915 |
|
1 Counsellor |
|||
|
1 Senior Development Specialist |
|||
|
1 Development Specialist |
|||
|
1 Third Secretary |
|||
|
Hanoi |
1 Clerical Officer |
3 |
602,000 |
|
1 Counsellor |
|||
|
Helsinki |
1 Third Secretary |
3 |
534,468 |
|
(Ambassador post currently vacant) |
|||
|
1 Senior Development Specialist |
|||
|
Kampala |
1 Third Secretary |
4 |
1,526,980 |
|
1 Assistant Secretary |
|||
|
Kuala Lumpur |
1 Third Secretary |
5.5* |
418,108 |
|
1 Principal Development Specialist |
|||
|
1 Senior Development Specialist |
|||
|
1 Third Secretary |
|||
|
Lilongwe |
1 Junior Professional Intern |
1 |
543,420 |
|
1 Counsellor |
|||
|
Lisbon |
1 Third Secretary |
3 |
429,263 |
|
1 Counsellor |
|||
|
Ljubljana |
1 Third Secretary |
3 |
424,662 |
|
1 Assistant Secretary |
|||
|
2 Counsellor |
|||
|
3 First Secretary/APO |
|||
|
2 Third Secretary |
|||
|
2 Higher Executive Officer |
|||
|
4 Executive Officer |
|||
|
2 Staff Officer |
|||
|
London (including Passport office) |
8 Clerical Officer |
13.5* |
3,275,415 |
|
1 Principal Officer |
|||
|
1 Development Specialist |
|||
|
1 Third Secretary |
|||
|
Lusaka |
1 Junior Professional Intern |
3 |
1,103,200 |
|
Luxembourg |
1 First Secretary |
4 |
406,978 |
|
1 Assistant Secretary |
|||
|
1 First Secretary |
|||
|
Madrid |
1 Third Secretary |
10 |
1,026,844 |
|
1 Counsellor |
|||
|
1 Senior Development Specialist |
|||
|
2 Development Specialist |
|||
|
1 Third Secretary |
|||
|
Maputo |
1 Junior Professional Intern |
3 |
996,701 |
|
1 Counsellor |
|||
|
Maseru |
1 Senior Development Specialist |
2 |
561,510 |
|
1 Counsellor |
|||
|
1 First Secretary |
|||
|
Mexico |
1 Third Secretary |
5 |
487,952 |
|
1 Assistant Secretary |
|||
|
1 First Secretary |
|||
|
1 Third Secretary |
|||
|
Moscow |
2 Clerical Officer |
9 |
799,665 |
|
1 Counsellor |
|||
|
1 First Secretary |
|||
|
New Delhi |
1 Third Secretary |
6 |
971,196 |
|
1 Counsellor 1 First Secretary |
|||
|
1 Third Secretary |
|||
|
New York - Consulate General |
1 Executive Officer |
12 |
1,927,749 |
|
1 Assistant Secretary |
|||
|
1 Counsellor |
|||
|
4 First Secretary |
|||
|
2 Third Secretary |
|||
|
New York (Permanent Mission to the United Nations) |
1 Executive Officer |
6 |
1,936,417 |
|
Nicosia |
1 First Secretary |
3 |
274,940 |
|
1 Counsellor |
|||
|
Oslo |
1 Third Secretary |
3 |
650,895 |
|
1 Assistant Secretary |
|||
|
1 First Secretary |
|||
|
Ottawa |
1 Third Secretary |
5 |
647,313 |
|
1 Assistant Secretary |
|||
|
1 Counsellor |
|||
|
3 First Secretary |
|||
|
Paris incl. the Permanent Mission to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development and UNESCO) |
2 Third Secretary |
14 |
1,720,595 |
|
1 Counsellor |
|||
|
Prague |
1 Higher Executive Officer |
5 |
561,301 |
|
1 Assistant Secretary |
|||
|
2 First Secretary |
|||
|
Pretoria |
1 Third Secretary |
8 |
1,000,658 |
|
1 Counsellor |
|||
|
Ramallah |
1 Third Secretary |
4 |
422,301 |
|
Riga |
1 First Secretary |
2 |
191,834 |
|
1 Counsellor |
|||
|
Riyadh |
1 Third Secretary |
8 |
353,892 |
|
1 Deputy Secretary |
|||
|
Rome |
1 First Secretary |
8.8* |
1,007,897 |
|
1 First Secretary |
|||
|
San Francisco |
1 Third Secretary |
3 |
371,898 |
|
1 Counsellor |
|||
|
Seoul |
1 Third Secretary |
4 |
806,580 |
|
1 Counsellor |
|||
|
1 Third Secretary |
|||
|
Shanghai |
1 Clerical Officer |
4 |
613,519 |
|
1 Assistant Secretary |
|||
|
Singapore |
1 Third Secretary |
4 |
891,147 |
|
1 Counsellor |
|||
|
Sofia |
1 Higher Executive Officer |
4 |
393,879 |
|
1 Counsellor |
|||
|
Stockholm |
1 Third Secretary |
3 |
568,195 |
|
1 Assistant Secretary |
|||
|
1 Third Secretary |
|||
|
Strasbourg |
1 Intern |
3 |
415,255 |
|
1 First Secretary |
|||
|
Sydney |
1 Third Secretary |
3 |
747,491 |
|
Tallinn |
1 First Secretary |
2 |
401,716 |
|
1 Assistant Secretary |
|||
|
Tel Aviv |
1 First Secretary |
3.5* |
694,147 |
|
1 Assistant Secretary |
|||
|
1 Assistant Principal |
|||
|
The Hague |
1 Third Secretary |
5 |
772,325 |
|
1 Assistant Secretary |
|||
|
1 First Secretary 1 Third Secretary |
|||
|
Tokyo |
7 |
1,391,689 |
|
|
Valletta |
1 First Secretary |
2 |
337,661 |
|
1 Assistant Secretary |
|||
|
1 First Secretary |
|||
|
Vienna (Embassy) |
1 Third Secretary |
5 |
695,595 |
|
1 Assistant Secretary |
|||
|
Vienna (Permanent Mission to the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe) |
1 First Secretary |
3 |
464,175 |
|
1 Counsellor |
|||
|
Vilnius |
1 Third Secretary |
3 |
351,944 |
|
1 Assistant Secretary |
|||
|
1 First Secretary |
|||
|
Warsaw |
1 Third Secretary |
4 |
777,827 |
|
1 Deputy Secretary |
|||
|
1 Counsellor |
|||
|
3 First Secretary |
|||
|
1 Third Secretary |
|||
|
1 Executive Officer |
|||
|
Washington DC |
1 Clerical Officer |
8 |
1,148,202 |
The above table does not include Consulates headed by Honorary Consuls, the staff of which are not employees of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
*Full Time Equivalent – this number takes account of officers on work-sharing arrangements.
