asked the Minister for External Affairs the position as to status, rank and number of personnel and services provided at each Irish embassy or consular office in Europe in 1960 and now.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Diplomatic Personnel.
3.
As the reply is in the form of a tabular statement, I propose, a Cheann Comhairle, with your permission, to circulate it in the Official Report.
Following is the statement:—
|
1960 |
November 1970 |
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|
Location |
Status and Rank |
Number |
Status and Rank |
Number |
|
Holy See |
Ambassador |
1 |
Ambassador |
1 |
|
Second Secretary |
1 |
Third Secretary |
1 |
|
|
Stenographer/Clerk |
1 |
Chancellor |
1 |
|
|
Messenger |
1 |
Messenger |
1 |
|
|
London |
Ambassador |
1 |
Ambassador |
1 |
|
— |
— |
Minister Plenipotentiary |
1 |
|
|
Counsellor |
3 |
Counsellor |
2 |
|
|
First Secretary |
1 |
First Secretary |
2 |
|
|
Third Secretary |
1 |
Third Secretary |
1 |
|
|
— |
— |
Local Advisory Officer |
1 |
|
|
Higher Executive Officer |
1 |
Higher Executive Officer |
2 |
|
|
Executive Officer |
3 |
Executive Officer |
4 |
|
|
Staff Officer |
1 |
— |
— |
|
|
Clerical Officer |
8 |
Clerical Officer |
5 |
|
|
Clerical Assistants |
8 |
Clerical Assistants |
16 |
|
|
Telephonist |
1 |
Telephonist |
1 |
|
|
Messengers |
4 |
Messengers |
4 |
|
|
Paris |
Ambassador |
1 |
Ambassador |
1 |
|
Counsellor |
1 |
Counsellor |
1 |
|
|
First Secretary |
1 |
First Secretary |
1 |
|
|
Trade Officer |
First Secretary (Trade) |
1 |
||
|
(part-time) |
1 |
— |
— |
|
|
— |
— |
Third Secretary |
1 |
|
|
Executive Officer |
1 |
— |
— |
|
|
Clerk Stenographers |
5 |
Clerk Stenographers |
5 |
|
|
Messenger |
1 |
Messenger |
1 |
|
|
Concierge |
1 |
Concierge |
1 |
|
|
Madrid |
Ambassador |
1 |
Ambassador |
1 |
|
Third Secretary |
1 |
Third Secretary |
1 |
|
|
Stenographer/Clerks |
2 |
Clerk/Stenographers |
2 |
|
|
Messenger |
1 |
Messenger |
1 |
|
|
Cleaner |
1 |
Cleaner |
1 |
|
|
Rome |
Ambassador |
1 |
Ambassador |
1 |
|
— |
— |
First Secretary |
1 |
|
|
Third Secretary |
1 |
Third Secretary |
1 |
|
|
Clerk Stenographers |
2 |
Clerk Stenographers |
3 |
|
|
Messenger |
1 |
Messenger |
1 |
|
|
— |
— |
Cleaner |
1 |
|
|
Berne |
Minister Plenipotentiary |
1 |
Ambassador |
1 |
|
Third Secretary |
1 |
Third Secretary |
1 |
|
|
Clerk Stenographer |
1 |
Clerk Stenographer |
1 |
|
|
Messenger/Cleaner |
1 |
Messenger/Cleaner |
1 |
|
|
Portugal |
Minister Plenipotentiary |
1 |
Chargé d'Affaires a.i. |
1 |
|
Clerk |
1 |
Clerk |
1 |
|
|
Clerk Stenographer |
1 |
Clerk Stenographer |
1 |
|
|
Messenger |
1 |
Messenger |
1 |
|
|
— |
— |
Cleaner |
1 |
|
|
Stockholm |
Ambassador |
1 |
Ambassador |
1 |
|
Third Secretary |
1 |
Third Secretary |
1 |
|
|
Clerk Stenographer |
1 |
Clerk Stenographers |
2 |
|
|
Messenger |
1 |
Messenger |
1 |
|
|
— |
— |
Cleaner |
1 |
|
|
Brussels |
Ambassador |
1 |
Ambassador |
1 |
|
— |
— |
First Secretary |
||
|
Third Secretary |
1 |
— |
— |
|
|
Clerk Stenographers |
2 |
Clerk Stenographers |
3 |
|
|
Messenger/Cleaner |
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|
(part-time) |
1 |
Messenger |
1 |
|
|
The Hague |
Ambassador |
1 |
Ambassador |
1 |
|
— |
— |
First Secretary |
1 |
|
|
Third Secretary |
1 |
— |
— |
|
|
Clerk/Stenographers |
2 |
Clerk Stenographers |
3 |
|
|
Messenger |
1 |
Messenger |
1 |
|
|
Cleaner |
1 |
Cleaner |
1 |
|
|
Bonn |
Ambassador |
1 |
Ambassador |
1 |
|
— |
— |
First Secretary |
1 |
|
|
Third Secretary |
2 |
Third Secretary |
1 |
|
|
Clerk Stenographers |
3 |
Clerk Stenographers |
3 |
|
|
Messenger |
1 |
Messenger |
1 |
|
|
Cleaner |
1 |
Cleaner |
1 |
|
|
Hamburg |
— |
— |
First Secretary |
1 |
|
— |
— |
Clerk Stenographer |
1 |
|
|
— |
— |
Messenger |
1 |
|
|
— |
— |
Cleaner |
1 |
|
|
Copenhagen |
— |
— |
Ambassador |
1 |
|
— |
— |
First Secretary |
1 |
|
|
— |
— |
Clerk Stenographer |
2 |
|
|
— |
— |
Messenger |
1 |
|
|
— |
— |
Cleaner |
1 |
|
|
EEC |
(Ambassador, Brussels, also accredited to EEC) |
— |
Ambassador |
1 |
|
Brussels |
— |
— |
Counsellor |
3 |
|
— |
3 |
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|
— |
Executive Officer |
1 |
||
|
— |
Clerical Assistant |
6 |
||
|
— |
Clerk Stenographers |
1 |
||
|
— |
Messenger |
2 |
||
|
UN Geneva |
— |
— |
Ambassador |
1 |
|
— |
— |
First Secretary |
1 |
|
|
— |
— |
Clerical Assistant |
1 |
|
|
— |
— |
Clerk Stenographer |
1 |
|
|
— |
— |
Messenger |
1 |
|
|
— |
— |
Cleaner |
1 |
|
|
Oslo |
Honorary Consul |
1 |
Honorary Consul |
1 |
|
Gothenburg |
Honorary Consul |
1 |
Honorary Consul General |
1 |
|
Antwerp |
Honorary Consul |
1 |
Honorary Consul |
1 |
|
Iceland |
Honorary Consul |
1 |
Honorary Consul |
1 |
|
Helsinki |
Honorary Consul |
1 |
Honorary Consul General |
1 |
|
Munich |
Honorary Consul |
1 |
Honorary Consul |
1 |
|
Barcelona |
Honorary Consul |
1 |
Honorary Consul |
1 |
|
Luxembourg |
— |
— |
Honorary Consul |
1 |
|
Hanover |
— |
— |
Honorary Consul |
1 |
|
Bremen |
— |
— |
Honorary Consul |
1 |
|
Rotterdam |
— |
— |
Honorary Consul |
1 |
|
Vienna |
— |
— |
Honorary Consul |
1 |
|
West Berlin |
— |
— |
Honorary Consul |
1 |
|
Turkey |
— |
— |
Honorary Consul |
1 |
Has there been any increase in this staff? Is this an overall figure?
The details of this reply stretch to five pages.
It is good to see expansion in one Department anyway.