Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 16 May 2018
60. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff at each Irish Embassy and Consular General office as of 4 May 2018, by grade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21496/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraIreland’s diplomatic network is critical to the achievement of our foreign policy and trade goals. Information on Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade staff in missions abroad is set out by grade in the following table:
|
Mission |
Staff numbers as at 04 May 2018 |
|
Abu Dhabi |
1 Assistant Secretary 1 Third Secretary 6 locally recruited staff |
|
Abuja |
1 Counsellor 1 Third Secretary 5 locally recruited staff |
|
Addis Ababa |
1 Assistant Secretary 1 Senior Development Specialist 2 Development Specialists 1 Third Secretary 5 locally recruited staff |
|
Ankara |
1 Counsellor 1 Development Specialist 1 Assistant Principal Officer 1 Third Secretary 4 locally recruited staff |
|
Athens |
1 Assistant Secretary 1 First Secretary 1 Third Secretary 5 locally recruited staff |
|
Atlanta CG |
1 First Secretary 2 locally recruited staff |
|
Austin CG |
1 First Secretary 3 locally recruited staff |
|
Bangkok |
1 Deputy Secretary General 1 Third Secretary 7 locally recruited staff |
|
Beijing |
1 Assistant Secretary 1 Counsellor 2 First Secretaries 2 Third Secretaries 1 Executive Officer 1 Clerical Officer 12 locally recruited staff |
|
Berlin |
1 Second Secretary General 1 Counsellor 1 Assistant Legal Adviser 3 First Secretaries 1 Third Secretary 12 locally recruited staff |
|
Berne |
1 Counsellor 1 Third Secretary 3 locally recruited staff |
|
Boston CG |
1 Assistant Principal Officer 1 Third Secretary 4 locally recruited staff |
|
Brasilia |
1 Principal Officer 1 Third Secretary 4 locally recruited staff |
|
Bratislava |
1 First Secretary 2 locally recruited staff |
|
Brussels Embassy (incl PFP) |
1 Counsellor 1 First Secretary 1 Third Secretary 1 Clerical Officer 4 locally recruited staff |
|
Brussels (Permanent Representation of Ireland to the EU) – includes staff on secondment from other Government Departments |
2 Assistant Secretaries 3 Counsellors 6 Principal Officers 9 First Secretaries 22 Assistant Principal Officers 6 Third Secretaries 1 Administrative Officer 1 Higher Executive Officer 3 Executive Officers 16 Clerical Officers 7 locally recruited staff |
|
Bucharest |
1 Principal Officer 1 Higher Executive Officer 5 locally recruited staff |
|
Budapest |
1 Counsellor 1 Third Secretary 4 locally recruited staff |
|
Buenos Aires |
(Vacancy – Head of Mission) 1 Third Secretary 4 locally recruited staff |
|
Cairo |
1 Counsellor 1 First Secretary 1 Higher Executive Officer 6 locally recruited staff |
|
Canberra |
1 Counsellor 1 First Secretary 1 Higher Executive Officer 9 locally recruited staff |
|
Chicago CG |
1 First Secretary 1 Third Secretary 5 locally recruited staff |
|
Copenhagen |
1 Counsellor 1 Third Secretary 5 locally recruited staff |
|
Dar-es-Salaam |
1 Counsellor 1 Senior Development Specialist 2 Development Specialists 1 Third Secretary 4 locally recruited staff |
|
Edinburgh CG |
1 First Secretary 1 Third Secretary 1 Clerical Officer 1 locally recruited staff |
|
Edinburgh BIC |
1 First Secretary |
|
Freetown |
1 First Secretary 1 Development Specialist 1 Third Secretary 4 locally recruited staff |
|
Geneva PMUN |
1 Assistant Secretary 2 First Secretaries 1 Third Secretary 1 Executive Officer 1 Clerical Officer 6 locally recruited staff |
|
Hanoi |
1 Counsellor 1 Senior Development Specialist 1 Development Specialist 1 Third Secretary 1 Clerical Officer 6 locally recruited staff |
|
Helsinki |
1 Assistant Secretary 1 Third Secretary 3 locally recruited staff |
|
Holy See |
1 First Secretary 3 locally recruited staff |
|
Hong Kong CG |
1 First Secretary 1 Third Secretary 1 Clerical Officer 2 locally recruited staff |
|
Jakarta |
1 Counsellor 1 Third Secretary 5 locally recruited staff |
|
Kampala |
1 Principal Development Specialist 2 Development Specialists 1 Third Secretary 5 locally recruited staff |
|
Kuala Lumpur |
1 Counsellor 1 Higher Executive Officer 4 locally recruited staff |
|
Lilongwe |
1 Counsellor 2 Development Specialists 1 Third Secretary 5 locally recruited staff |
|
Lisbon |
1 Counsellor 1 Higher Executive Officer 4 locally recruited staff |
|
Ljubljana |
1 First Secretary 1 Higher Executive Officer 3 locally recruited staff |
|
London - includes staff on secondment from other Government Departments |
1 Second Secretary General 2 Counsellors 2 Principal Officers 2 First Secretaries 2 Assistant Principal Officers 4 Third Secretaries 4 Higher Executive Officers 7 Executive Officers 10 Clerical Officers 23 locally recruited staff |
|
Lusaka |
1 Senior Development Specialist 1 Development Specialist 1 Third Secretary 4 locally recruited staff |
|
Luxembourg |
1 Assistant Principal Officer 3 locally recruited staff |
|
Madrid |
1 Counsellor 1 First Secretary 1 Third Secretary 10 locally recruited staff |
|
Maputo |
1 Principal Development Specialist 1 Senior Development Specialist 2 Development Specialists 1 Third Secretary 8 locally recruited staff |
|
Mexico |
1 Assistant Secretary 1 First Secretary 1 Third Secretary 5 locally recruited staff |
|
Monrovia |
1 Development Specialist |
|
Moscow |
1 Counsellor (Vacancy – First Secretary) 1 Higher Executive Officer 2 Clerical Officers 9 locally recruited staff |
|
Nairobi |
1 Principal Development Specialist 1 Development Specialist 1 Higher Executive Officer 5 locally recruited staff |
|
New Delhi |
1 Counsellor 1 First Secretary 1 Third Secretary 7 locally recruited staff |
|
New York CG |
1 Counsellor 1 First Secretary 1 Third Secretary 2 Executive Officers 12 locally recruited staff |
|
New York PMUN |
1 Second Secretary General 2 Counsellors 5 First Secretaries 2 Third Secretaries 1 Executive Officer 8 locally recruited staff |
|
Nicosia |
1 First Secretary 3 locally recruited staff |
|
Oslo |
1 Counsellor 1 Third Secretary 3 locally recruited staff |
|
Ottawa |
1 Counsellor 1 First Secretary 1 Third Secretary 7 locally recruited staff |
|
Paris - includes staff on secondment from other Government Departments |
1 Assistant Secretary 1 Counsellor 2 First Secretaries 1 Assistant Principal Officer 2 Third Secretaries 14 locally recruited staff |
|
Paris OECD |
1 Principal Officer (Vacancy – First Secretary) 4 locally recruited staff |
|
Prague |
1 Counsellor 1 Higher Executive Officer 6 locally recruited staff |
|
Pretoria |
1 Counsellor 1 First Secretary 1 Development Specialist 1 Third Secretary 1 Higher Executive Officer 8 locally recruited staff |
|
Ramallah |
1 Counsellor 1 Third Secretary 4 locally recruited staff |
|
Riga |
1 First Secretary 2 locally recruited staff |
|
Riyadh |
1 Principal Officer (Vacancy –Third Secretary) 8 locally recruited staff |
|
Rome |
1 Assistant Secretary 1 Assistant Principal Officer 1 Third Secretary 13 locally recruited staff |
|
San Francisco CG |
1 First Secretary 1 Third Secretary 4 locally recruited staff |
|
Sao Paulo CG |
1 First Secretary 1 Third Secretary 2 locally recruited staff |
|
Seoul |
1 Counsellor 1 First Secretary 4 locally recruited staff |
|
Shanghai CG |
1 First Secretary 1 Third Secretary 1 Clerical Officer 5 locally recruited staff |
|
Singapore |
1 Counsellor 1 Third Secretary 5 locally recruited staff |
|
Sofia |
1 Counsellor 1 Third Secretary 4 locally recruited staff |
|
Stockholm |
1 Counsellor 1 Third Secretary 4 locally recruited staff |
|
Strasbourg Council of Europe |
1 Counsellor 1 Third Secretary 5 locally recruited staff |
|
Sydney CG |
1 First Secretary 1 Third Secretary 4 locally recruited staff |
|
Tallinn |
1 Assistant Principal Officer 3 locally recruited staff |
|
Tel Aviv |
1 Counsellor 1 First Secretary 3 locally recruited staff |
|
The Hague |
1 Counsellor 1 First Secretary 1 Third Secretary 6 locally recruited staff |
|
Tokyo |
(Vacancy – Head of Mission) 1 First Secretary 1 Third Secretary 7 locally recruited staff |
|
Valletta |
1 First Secretary 3 locally recruited staff |
|
Vienna Embassy |
1 Assistant Secretary 1 First Secretary 1 Third Secretary 5 locally recruited staff |
|
Vienna OSCE |
1 Counsellor 1 First Secretary 2 locally recruited staff |
|
Vilnius |
1 First Secretary 3 locally recruited staff |
|
Warsaw |
1 Counsellor 1 First Secretary 1 Third Secretary 5 locally recruited staff |
|
Washington |
1 Assistant Secretary 1 Counsellor 4 First Secretaries 1 Third Secretary 1 Higher Executive Officer 1 Clerical Officer 7 locally recruited staff |
|
Zagreb |
1 First Secretary 2 locally recruited staff |
