Departmental Staff Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 29 April 2015

Wednesday, 29 April 2015

Questions (112)

Thomas P. Broughan

Question:

112. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff in each Irish Embassy in the years 2013 and 2014 and to date in 2015. [16898/15]

Written answers

Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade

The information requested by the Deputy is in the table.

MISSION	Mid 2013	Mid 2014	2015
Abu Dhabi	6 Staff posted from HQ 5 locally recruited staff	6 Staff posted from HQ 4 locally recruited staff	6 Staff posted from HQ 4 locally recruited staff
Abuja	6 Staff posted from HQ 5 locally recruited staff	6 Staff posted from HQ 5 locally recruited staff	6 Staff posted from HQ 5 locally recruited staff
Addis Ababa	5 Staff posted from HQ 4 locally recruited staff	5 Staff posted from HQ 4 locally recruited staff	5 Staff posted from HQ 4 locally recruited staff
Ankara	3 Staff posted from HQ 4 locally recruited staff	6 Staff posted from HQ 3 locally recruited staff	5 Staff posted from HQ 3 locally recruited staff
Athens	2 Staff posted from HQ 5.3 locally recruited staff	3 Staff posted from HQ 4.5 locally recruited staff	3 Staff posted from HQ 4.3 locally recruited staff
Atlanta CG	1 Staff posted from HQ 1 locally recruited staff	1 Staff posted from HQ 1 locally recruited staff	1 Staff posted from HQ 1 locally recruited staff
Austin CG		Opened in August 2014	1 Staff posted from HQ 2 locally recruited staff
Bangkok		Opened in September 2014	2 Staff posted from HQ 2 locally recruited staff
Beijing	8 Staff posted from HQ 12 locally recruited staff	9 Staff posted from HQ 11.5 locally recruited staff	9 Staff posted from HQ 11 locally recruited staff
Berlin	6 Staff posted from HQ 6 locally recruited staff	6 Staff posted from HQ 7 locally recruited staff	6 Staff posted from HQ 7 locally recruited staff
Berne	2 Staff posted from HQ 3 locally recruited staff	2 Staff posted from HQ 3 locally recruited staff	2 Staff posted from HQ 3 locally recruited staff
Boston CG	1 Staff posted from HQ 4 locally recruited staff	2 Staff posted from HQ 3 locally recruited staff	2 Staff posted from HQ 3 locally recruited staff
Bratislava	1 Staff posted from HQ 2 locally recruited staff	1 Staff posted from HQ 2 locally recruited staff	1 Staff posted from HQ 2 locally recruited staff
Brasilia	2 Staff posted from HQ 4 locally recruited staff	2 Staff posted from HQ 4 locally recruited staff	2 Staff posted from HQ 4 locally recruited staff
Brussels Embassy (including PfP)	10 Staff posted from HQ 5 locally recruited staff (including 1 Presidency staff)	10 Staff posted from HQ 4 locally recruited staff	10 Staff posted from HQ 4 locally recruited staff
Brussels PR	89 Staff posted from HQ (including 7 additional Presidency staff) 19 locally recruited staff (including 13 additional Presidency staff)	76 Staff posted from HQ 6 locally recruited staff	76 Staff posted from HQ 6 locally recruited staff
Budapest	2 Staff posted from HQ 4 locally recruited staff	2 Staff posted from HQ 4 locally recruited staff	2 Staff posted from HQ 4 locally recruited staff
Bucharest	2 Staff posted from HQ 5 locally recruited staff	2 Staff posted from HQ 5 locally recruited staff	2 Staff posted from HQ 5 locally recruited staff
Buenos Aires	2 Staff posted from HQ 3 locally recruited staff	2 Staff posted from HQ 3 locally recruited staff	2 Staff posted from HQ 3 locally recruited staff
Cairo	3 Staff posted from HQ 6 locally recruited staff	3 Staff posted from HQ 6 locally recruited staff	3 Staff posted from HQ 6 locally recruited staff
Canberra	2 Staff posted from HQ 7.1 locally recruited staff	2 Staff posted from HQ 7.1 locally recruited staff	2 Staff posted from HQ 7.1 locally recruited staff
Chicago CG	1 Staff posted from HQ 4.4 locally recruited staff	2 Staff posted from HQ 3.4 locally recruited staff	2 Staff posted from HQ 3.4 locally recruited staff
Copenhagen	2 Staff posted from HQ 4.4 locally recruited staff	2 Staff posted from HQ 4.4 locally recruited staff	2 Staff posted from HQ 4.4 locally recruited staff
Dar-es-Salaam	6 Staff posted from HQ 3 locally recruited staff	5 Staff posted from HQ 3 locally recruited staff	6 Staff posted from HQ 3 locally recruited staff
Edinburgh	2 Staff posted from HQ 1 locally recruited staff	2 Staff posted from HQ 1 locally recruited staff	2 Staff posted from HQ 1 locally recruited staff
Edinburgh BIC	1 Staff posted from HQ	1 Staff posted from HQ	1 Staff posted from HQ
Freetown	3 Staff posted from HQ 1 locally recruited staff	2 Staff posted from HQ 1 locally recruited staff	3 Staff posted from HQ 1 locally recruited staff
Geneva PMUN	13 Staff posted from HQ (including 1 additional Presidency staff) 4.5 locally recruited staff	14 Staff posted from HQ 3 locally recruited staff	14 Staff posted from HQ 3.5 locally recruited staff
Hanoi	5 Staff posted from HQ 3 locally recruited staff	6 Staff posted from HQ 3 locally recruited staff	6 Staff posted from HQ 3 locally recruited staff
Helsinki	2 Staff posted from HQ 3 locally recruited staff	2 Staff posted from HQ 4 locally recruited staff	2 Staff posted from HQ 3 locally recruited staff
Holy See		Re-opened in September 2014	1 Staff posted from HQ 1 locally recruited staff
Hong Kong		Opened in August 2014	2 Staff posted from HQ 1 locally recruited staff
Jakarta		Opened in August 2014	2 Staff posted from HQ 2 locally recruited staff
Kampala	5 Staff posted from HQ 4 locally recruited staff	3 Staff posted from HQ 4 locally recruited staff	4 Staff posted from HQ 4 locally recruited staff
Kuala Lumpur	2 Staff posted from HQ 5.5 locally recruited staff	2 Staff posted from HQ 5.5 locally recruited staff	2 Staff posted from HQ 4.5 locally recruited staff
Lilongwe	3 Staff posted from HQ 1 locally recruited staff	4 Staff posted from HQ 3 locally recruited staff	4 Staff posted from HQ 3 locally recruited staff
Lisbon	2 Staff posted from HQ 3 locally recruited staff	2 Staff posted from HQ 3 locally recruited staff	2 Staff posted from HQ 3 locally recruited staff
Ljubljana	2 Staff posted from HQ 3 locally recruited staff	2 Staff posted from HQ 3 locally recruited staff	2 Staff posted from HQ 3 locally recruited staff
London	37 Staff posted from HQ 12.5 locally recruited staff	37 Staff posted from HQ 17.5 locally recruited staff	36 Staff posted from HQ 15.5 locally recruited staff
Lusaka	4 Staff posted from HQ 4 locally recruited staff	4 Staff posted from HQ 4 locally recruited staff	4 Staff posted from HQ 4 locally recruited staff
Luxembourg	1 Staff posted from HQ 4 locally recruited staff	1 Staff posted from HQ 3.5 locally recruited staff	1 Staff posted from HQ 3.5 locally recruited staff
Madrid	4 Staff posted from HQ 10 locally recruited staff	4 Staff posted from HQ 9 locally recruited staff	4 Staff posted from HQ 9 locally recruited staff
Maputo	6 Staff posted from HQ 3 locally recruited staff	5 Staff posted from HQ 3 locally recruited staff	5 Staff posted from HQ 3 locally recruited staff
Maseru	2 Staff posted from HQ 2 locally recruited staff	2 Staff posted from HQ	Closed in October 2014
Mexico	3 Staff posted from HQ 5 locally recruited staff	3 Staff posted from HQ 5 locally recruited staff	3 Staff posted from HQ 5 locally recruited staff
Moscow	10 Staff posted from HQ 9 locally recruited staff	10 Staff posted from HQ 9 locally recruited staff	10 Staff posted from HQ 9 locally recruited staff
Nairobi		Opened in October 2014	3 Staff posted from HQ
New Delhi	7 Staff posted from HQ 6 locally recruited staff	7 Staff posted from HQ 7 locally recruited staff	7 Staff posted from HQ 7 locally recruited staff
New York CG	4 Staff posted from HQ 12 locally recruited staff	4 Staff posted from HQ 12 locally recruited staff	4 Staff posted from HQ 12 locally recruited staff
New York PMUN	10 Staff posted from HQ 10 locally recruited staff	10 Staff posted from HQ 6 locally recruited staff	10 Staff posted from HQ 6 locally recruited staff
Nicosia	2 Staff posted from HQ 3 locally recruited staff	1 Staff posted from HQ 3 locally recruited staff	1 Staff posted from HQ 3 locally recruited staff
Oslo	2 Staff posted from HQ 3 locally recruited staff	2 Staff posted from HQ 3 locally recruited staff	2 Staff posted from HQ 3 locally recruited staff
Ottawa	2 Staff posted from HQ 6 locally recruited staff	2 Staff posted from HQ 6 locally recruited staff	3 Staff posted from HQ 6 locally recruited staff
Paris	7 Staff posted from HQ 11 locally recruited staff	8 Staff posted from HQ 12 locally recruited staff	8 Staff posted from HQ 11 locally recruited staff
Paris OECD/UNESCO	3 Staff posted from HQ 2 locally recruited staff	2 Staff posted from HQ 1 locally recruited staff	2 Staff posted from HQ 1 locally recruited staff
Prague	2 Staff posted from HQ 6 locally recruited staff	2 Staff posted from HQ 5 locally recruited staff	2 Staff posted from HQ 5 locally recruited staff
Pretoria	4 Staff posted from HQ 8 locally recruited staff	4 Staff posted from HQ 8 locally recruited staff	4 Staff posted from HQ 8 locally recruited staff
Ramallah	2 Staff posted from HQ 4 locally recruited staff	2 Staff posted from HQ 4 locally recruited staff	3 Staff posted from HQ 4 locally recruited staff
Riga	1 Staff posted from HQ 2 locally recruited staff	1 Staff posted from HQ 2 locally recruited staff	1 Staff posted from HQ 2 locally recruited staff
Riyadh	2 Staff posted from HQ 8 locally recruited staff	2 Staff posted from HQ 8 locally recruited staff	2 Staff posted from HQ 7 locally recruited staff
Rome	4 Staff posted from HQ 9.8 locally recruited staff	4 Staff posted from HQ 8.8 locally recruited staff	4 Staff posted from HQ 8.8 locally recruited staff
San Francisco CG	1 Staff posted from HQ 4 locally recruited staff	2 Staff posted from HQ 4 locally recruited staff	2 Staff posted from HQ 4 locally recruited staff
Sao Paulo		Opened in December 2014	2 Staff posted from HQ
Seoul	2 Staff posted from HQ 4 locally recruited staff	2 Staff posted from HQ 4 locally recruited staff	2 Staff posted from HQ 4 locally recruited staff
Shanghai CG	3 Staff posted from HQ 4 locally recruited staff	3 Staff posted from HQ 4 locally recruited staff	3 Staff posted from HQ 4 locally recruited staff
Singapore	3 Staff posted from HQ 4 locally recruited staff	2 Staff posted from HQ 4 locally recruited staff	2 Staff posted from HQ 4 locally recruited staff
Sofia	2 Staff posted from HQ 4 locally recruited staff	2 Staff posted from HQ 4 locally recruited staff	2 Staff posted from HQ 4 locally recruited staff
Stockholm	2 Staff posted from HQ 3 locally recruited staff	2 Staff posted from HQ 3 locally recruited staff	2 Staff posted from HQ 3 locally recruited staff
Strasbourg COE	3 Staff posted from HQ 3 locally recruited staff	4 Staff posted from HQ 3 locally recruited staff	4 Staff posted from HQ 3 locally recruited staff
Sydney CG	2 Staff posted from HQ 3 locally recruited staff	2 Staff posted from HQ 3 locally recruited staff	2 Staff posted from HQ 3 locally recruited staff
Tallinn	1 Staff posted from HQ 2 locally recruited staff	1 Staff posted from HQ 2 locally recruited staff	1 Staff posted from HQ 2 locally recruited staff
Tel Aviv	2 Staff posted from HQ 3.5 locally recruited staff	2 Staff posted from HQ 3.5 locally recruited staff	2 Staff posted from HQ 3 locally recruited staff
The Hague	4 Staff posted from HQ 5 locally recruited staff	4 Staff posted from HQ 4 locally recruited staff	4 Staff posted from HQ 4 locally recruited staff
Tokyo	3 Staff posted from HQ 7 locally recruited staff	3 Staff posted from HQ 7 locally recruited staff	3 Staff posted from HQ 7 locally recruited staff
Valetta	1 Staff posted from HQ 2 locally recruited staff	1 Staff posted from HQ 2 locally recruited staff	1 Staff posted from HQ 2 locally recruited staff
Vienna Embassy	4 Staff posted from HQ (including 1 additional Presidency staff) 8 locally recruited staff (including 3 Presidency staff)	3 Staff posted from HQ 5 locally recruited staff	3 Staff posted from HQ 6 locally recruited staff
Vienna OSCE	5 Staff posted from HQ 6 locally recruited staff (including 3 Presidency staff)	3 Staff posted from HQ 2 locally recruited staff	3 Staff posted from HQ 2 locally recruited staff
Vilnius	2 Staff posted from HQ 3 locally recruited staff	1 Staff posted from HQ 3 locally recruited staff	1 Staff posted from HQ 3 locally recruited staff
Warsaw	2 Staff posted from HQ 6 locally recruited staff	3 Staff posted from HQ 5 locally recruited staff	3 Staff posted from HQ 5 locally recruited staff
Washington	11 Staff posted from HQ 8 locally recruited staff	11 Staff posted from HQ 8 locally recruited staff	10 Staff posted from HQ 8 locally recruited staff
Zagreb		Opened in August 2014	1 Staff posted from HQ