Diplomatic Representation

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 26 November 2015

Thursday, 26 November 2015

Questions (180)

Patrick O'Donovan

Question:

180. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for details of the ambassadors from Ireland who have come from the private or public sector, from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade or from other Departments, by Department; the number of years that each ambassador has served as an ambassador to date; the locations of the ambassadors' service, all in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter [42076/15]

Written answers

Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade

Irish diplomats, including Ambassadors and Heads of Mission, are career civil servants employed by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade; a number of Ambassadors have served in other Government Departments prior to transferring to my Department. The information on the location of each Ambassador is set out in the table below:

MISSION	Grade	Posted as Head of Mission since
Ambassador Abu Dhabi	Assistant Secretary	2013
Ambassador Abuja	Senior Development Specialist	2014
Ambassador Addis Ababa	Counsellor	2012
Ambassador Ankara	Counsellor	2014
Ambassador Athens	Counsellor	2014
Ambassador Bangkok	Deputy Secretary	2014
Ambassador Beijing	Assistant Secretary	2013
Ambassador Berlin	Second Secretary	2013
Ambassador Berne	Counsellor	2015
Ambassador Bratislava	First Secretary	2013
Ambassador Brasilia	Principal Officer	2014
Ambassador Brussels; Embassy (including PfP)	Counsellor	2012
Ambassador Brussels; Permanent Representative to the EU	Assistant Secretary	2013
Ambassador Brussels; Deputy Permanent Representative to the EU	Assistant Secretary	2012
Ambassador Brussels; Permanent Representative to the EU – Political Security Committee	Counsellor	2013
Ambassador Budapest	Counsellor	2015
Ambassador Bucharest	Counsellor	2015
Ambassador Buenos Aires	Assistant Secretary	2014
Ambassador Cairo	Counsellor	2015
Ambassador Canberra	Counsellor	2012
Ambassador Copenhagen	Counsellor	2014
Ambassador Dar-es-Salaam	Principal Development Specialist	2012
Ambassador Edinburgh	First Secretary	2013
Ambassador Freetown	Development Specialist	2011
Ambassador Geneva; Permanent representative to the UN	Assistant Secretary	2013
Ambassador Hanoi	Counsellor	2015
Ambassador Helsinki	Assistant Secretary	2015
Ambassador Holy See	First Secretary	2014
Ambassador Jakarta	Counsellor	2014
Ambassador Kampala	Senior Development Specialist	2014
Ambassador Kuala Lumpur	Counsellor	2015
Ambassador Lilongwe	Counsellor	2014
Ambassador Lisbon	Counsellor	2015
Ambassador Ljubljana	First Secretary	2015
Ambassador London	Assistant Secretary	2013
Ambassador Lusaka	Senior Development Specialist	2015
Ambassador Luxembourg	Assistant Principal	2014
Ambassador Madrid	Former Secretary General	2014
Ambassador Maputo	Principal Development Specialist	2014
Ambassador Mexico	Counsellor	2013
Ambassador Moscow	Counsellor	2015
Ambassador Nairobi	Principal Development Specialist	2014
Ambassador New Delhi	Counsellor	2015
Ambassador New York Permanent Mission to the UN	Assistant Secretary	2013
Ambassador Nicosia	First Secretary	2013
Ambassador Oslo	Counsellor	2015
Ambassador Ottawa	Assistant Secretary	2010
Ambassador Paris	Second Secretary General	2014
Ambassador Paris; Permanent Representative to the OECD and UNESCO	Counsellor	2012
Ambassador Prague	Counsellor	2015
Ambassador Pretoria	Counsellor	2014
Ambassador Ramallah	Counsellor	2014
Ambassador Riga	First Secretary	2015
Ambassador Riyadh	Principal Officer	2014
Ambassador Rome	Deputy Secretary	2013
Ambassador Seoul	Counsellor	2013
Ambassador Singapore	Counsellor	2014
Ambassador Sofia	currently vacant
Ambassador Stockholm	Counsellor	2014
Ambassador Strasbourg; Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe	Assistant Secretary	2011
Ambassador Tallinn	Assistant Principal	2010
Ambassador Tel Aviv	Counsellor	2015
Ambassador The Hague	Assistant Secretary	2014
Ambassador Tokyo	Assistant Secretary	2014
Ambassador Valetta	First Secretary	2014
Ambassador Vienna; bilateral Embassy and Permanent Representative to the International Organisations	Assistant Secretary	2014
Ambassador Vienna; Permanent Representative to the OSCE	Assistant Secretary	2013
Ambassador Vilnius	First Secretary	2014
Ambassador Warsaw	Counsellor	2014
Ambassador Washington	Deputy Secretary	2013
Ambassador Zagreb	First Secretary	2014