Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 17 October 2018
73. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff in each consulate and embassy in each of the years 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42599/18]
View answerIreland’s diplomatic network of missions around the world is critical to the achievement of our foreign policy and trade goals such as ensuring the efficient delivery of passport and consular services to our citizens, supporting emigrant organisations and outreach to the diaspora and other networks of influence.
Our Embassies and Consulates contribute directly to safeguarding our interests in negotiations on the UK exit from the European Union and they are helping to ensure that Ireland plays a full part in shaping the future development of the European Union.
The work of my Department in promoting a more just, fair, secure and sustainable world continues through mission engagement with multilateral institutions and agencies, including those of the United Nations, and via implementation of the Irish Aid programme in partner countries.
Our staff in Embassies and Consulates also make a strong contribution to job creation, exports, tourism and education in Ireland by assisting Irish businesses overseas in close cooperation with State agencies.
Our capacity to deliver on these key goals will increase with the expansion of my Department’s mission network abroad under the Global Ireland Initiative announced in June of this year. This includes the opening of an Embassy in New Zealand in August, the opening of a Consulate General in Vancouver this month and the opening of new missions in Bogotá, Santiago, Amman, Mumbai and Cardiff early in 2019 and in Los Angeles, Frankfurt, Rabat, Kyiv and Manila by the end of 2020.
Our missions are staffed by Departmental officers posted from headquarters; by staff seconded from other Government departments in certain missions including the Permanent Representation in Brussels and Visa Officers seconded to missions from the Department of Justice, and by locally recruited staff.
|
Mission |
Number of Staff 2016 |
Number of Staff 2017 |
Number of Staff 2018 to date |
|
Abu Dhabi |
12.5 |
13 |
14 |
|
Abuja |
11 |
14 |
11 |
|
Addis Ababa |
8 |
9 |
11 |
|
Ankara |
11 |
12 |
12 |
|
Athens |
6.3 |
8 |
7 |
|
Atlanta CG |
3 |
3 |
4 |
|
Austin CG |
3 |
4 |
4 |
|
Bangkok |
8 |
9 |
9 |
|
Beijing |
23 |
25 |
23 + 1 Vacancy |
|
Berlin |
13.6 |
20.6 |
18.6 |
|
Berne |
5 |
5 |
5 |
|
Boston CG |
5 |
7 |
7 |
|
Brasilia |
5 |
6 |
4 + 1 Vacancy |
|
Bratislava |
4 |
3 |
3 |
|
Brussels incl Brussels PFP |
12 |
12 |
12 |
|
Brussels PR |
91 |
99 |
100 |
|
Bucharest |
6 |
7 |
6 |
|
Budapest |
6 |
6 |
6 |
|
Buenos Aires |
6 |
5 + 1 Vacancy |
6 |
|
Cairo |
9 |
9 |
7 |
|
Canberra |
10.6 |
11 |
11 |
|
Chicago CG |
6.4 |
5.4 |
6.4 |
|
Copenhagen |
5.9 |
6.9 |
6.5 |
|
Dar-es-Salaam |
8 |
8 |
9 |
|
Edinburgh CG |
4 |
3 + 1 Vacancy |
4 |
|
Edinburgh BIC |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Freetown |
4 |
4 |
5 |
|
Geneva PMUN |
15.5 |
16 |
16 |
|
Hanoi |
9 |
10 |
11 |
|
Helsinki |
5 |
5 |
5 |
|
Holy See |
2.75 |
2.75 |
3.75 |
|
Hong Kong CG |
5 |
5 |
5 |
|
Jakarta |
8 |
7 |
7 |
|
Kampala |
7 |
8 |
9 |
|
Kuala Lumpur |
5 |
6 |
6 |
|
Lilongwe |
7 |
7 |
9 |
|
Lisbon |
6 |
6 |
6 |
|
Ljubljana |
5 |
5 |
5 |
|
London |
56.5 |
66.6 |
64.6 |
|
Lusaka |
7 |
7 |
7 |
|
Luxembourg |
4.5 |
3.5 |
3.5 |
|
Madrid |
13.5 |
14 |
15 |
|
Maputo |
7 |
11 |
13 |
|
Mexico |
9 |
9 |
8 |
|
Monrovia |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
Moscow |
17 |
18 |
17 |
|
Nairobi |
3 |
9 |
8 |
|
New Delhi |
14 |
14 |
15 |
|
New York CG |
17.5 |
16.5 |
16 |
|
New York PMUN |
17 |
17 |
29 |
|
Nicosia |
4 |
4 |
4 |
|
Oslo |
5 |
5 |
5 |
|
Ottawa |
10 |
10 |
10 |
|
Paris |
18 |
21.2 |
19.2 |
|
Paris OECD |
4 |
6 |
5 |
|
Prague |
7.5 |
7 |
7 |
|
Pretoria |
10 |
13 |
13 |
|
Ramallah |
6 |
6 |
6 |
|
Riga |
3 |
3 |
3 |
|
Riyadh |
9 |
10 |
8 |
|
Rome |
13.3 |
13.42 |
14.72 |
|
San Francisco CG |
6 |
6 |
9 |
|
Sao Paulo CG |
4 |
4 |
4 |
|
Seoul |
6 |
6 |
6 |
|
Shanghai CG |
8 |
7 |
8 |
|
Singapore |
6.5 |
6.3 |
6.3 |
|
Sofia |
6 |
6 |
6 |
|
Strasbourg CoE |
5 |
6 |
6 |
|
Stockholm |
5.62 |
5.62 |
5.62 |
|
Sydney CG |
5 |
6 |
6 |
|
Tallinn |
3 |
5 |
3 |
|
Tel Aviv |
5 |
5 |
7 |
|
The Hague |
9 |
10.8 |
10.6 |
|
Tokyo |
10 |
10 |
11 |
|
Valletta |
4 |
4 |
4 |
|
Vancouver CG |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Vienna |
9 |
9 |
9 |
|
Vienna OSCE |
4 |
4 |
5 |
|
Vilnius |
4 |
4 |
5 |
|
Warsaw |
8 |
8 |
10 |
|
Washington DC |
20 |
18 |
17 |
|
Wellington |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Zagreb |
3 |
3 |
3 |
|
TOTAL |
750.47 |
811.59 |
832.79 |
