My Department delivers Ireland’s foreign policy objectives through our Embassy network. At present, my Department is responsible for 159 properties comprising Embassies, Consulate Generals, Permanent Missions, Permanent Representations, Secretariats, Representative Offices and official accommodation.
As part of the duty of care to staff, their families and visitors to our buildings for meetings and functions, the Department must ensure that security and health and safety standards are met, as well as provision of universal access facilities. The Department maintains appropriate health, safety and security standards in our properties overseas while also applying any additional international standards in the location in question, as necessary. All refurbishment and maintenance at missions are conducted in line with the Department’s procurement obligations under Government public tendering and contracting rules, including both national and EU public procurement thresholds.
The full rental and or purchase costs, maintenance and/or upkeep and or alteration costs for 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 are outlined in the first table.
A list of offices by type and location are set out in the second table.
The purchase costs of properties purchased by the State from 2014 to 2018 are listed in the final table. The purchases were official accommodation in Lilongwe, land to build Ireland House Tokyo in Japan and purchase of an adjacent building to the Embassy of Ireland in Washington to allow for its expansion.
Table 1. Cost per Mission (€) 2014-2018
Table 2. List of Offices by Type and Location
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Mission
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Abu Dhabi chancery
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Abu Dhabi official accommodation
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Abuja chancery & official accommodation
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Addis Ababa chancery
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Addis Ababa official accommodation
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Amman chancery
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Amman official accommodation
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Ankara chancery
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Ankara official accommodation
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Armagh Joint Secretariat
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Armagh official accommodation
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Armagh Staff Apartments
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Athens chancery
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Athens official accommodation
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Atlanta CG chancery
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Austin CG chancery
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Bangkok chancery
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Bangkok official accommodation
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Beijing chancery and official accommodation
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Beijing Visa office
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Belfast British-Irish Intergovernment Secretariat
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Belfast official accommodation
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Berlin chancery
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Berlin official accommodation
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Berne chancery
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Berne official accommodation
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Bogota chancery
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Bogota official accommodation
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Boston chancery
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Brasilia chancery
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Brasilia official accommodation
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Bratislava chancery
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Bratislava official accommodation
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Brussels Embassy official accommodation
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Brussels, Deputy Permanent Representative official accommodation
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Brussels, P.S.C. official accommodation
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Brussels, Permanent Representation chancery & Embassy
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Brussels, Permanent Representative official accommodation
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Bucharest chancery
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Bucharest official accommodation
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Budapest chancery
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Budapest official accommodation
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Buenos Aires chancery
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Buenos Aires official accommodation
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Cairo chancery
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Cairo official accommodation
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Canberra chancery & official accommodation Compound
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Capetown chancery
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Cardiff chancery
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Chicago CG chancery
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Copenhagen chancery
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Copenhagen official accommodation
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Dar Es Salaam chancery
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Dar Es Salaam official accommodation
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Edinburgh CG chancery
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Freetown chancery
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Freetown HOM official accommodation
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Geneva chancery
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Geneva official accommodation
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Hanoi chancery
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Hanoi official accommodation
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Helsinki chancery
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Helsinki official accommodation
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Holy See chancery
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Holy See official accommodation
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Hong Kong CG chancery
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Jakarta chancery
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Jakarta official accommodation
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Kampala chancery
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Kampala official accommodation
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Kuala Lumpur chancery
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Kuala Lumpur official accommodation
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Lilongwe chancery
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Lilongwe official accommodation
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Lisbon chancery
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Lisbon official accommodation
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Ljubljana chancery
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Ljubljana official accommodation
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London chancery and official accommodation
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London, Passport Information Centre
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Lusaka chancery
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Lusaka official accommodation
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Luxembourg chancery
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Luxembourg official accommodation
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Madrid chancery
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Madrid official accommodation
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Maputo chancery
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Maputo official accommodation
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Mexico chancery
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Mexico official accommodation
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Monrovia chancery
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Monrovia official accommodation
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Moscow chancery and official accommodation
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Mumbai chancery
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Nairobi chancery
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Nairobi official accommodation
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New Delhi chancery
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New Delhi official accommodation
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New York, Consulate General chancery
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New York, Consulate General official accommodation
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New York, PMUN chancery
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New York, PMUN official accommodation
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Nicosia chancery
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Nicosia official accommodation
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Oslo chancery
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Oslo official accommodation
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Ottawa chancery
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Ottawa official accommodation
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Paris chancery and official accommodation
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Paris, OECD official accommodation
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Prague chancery
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Prague official accommodation
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Pretoria chancery
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Pretoria official accommodation
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Ramallah chancery
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Ramallah official accommodation
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Riga chancery
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Riyadh chancery and official accommodation
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Rome chancery
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San Francisco Consulate General chancery
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Santiago official accommodation
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Santiago chancery
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São Paulo Consulate General chancery
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Seoul chancery
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Seoul official accommodation
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Shanghai chancery
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Singapore chancery
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Singapore official accommodation
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Sofia chancery
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Sofia official accommodation
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Stockholm chancery
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Stockholm official accommodation
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Strasbourg chancery
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Strasbourg official accommodation
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Sydney Consulate General chancery
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Tallinn chancery & official accommodation
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Tel Aviv chancery
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Tel Aviv official accommodation
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The Hague chancery
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The Hague official accommodation
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Tokyo chancery
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Tokyo official accommodation
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Valletta chancery
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Valletta official accommodation
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Vancouver CG
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Vienna chancery (Embassy & OSCE)
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Vienna official accommodation
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Vienna, OSCE official accommodation
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Vilnius chancery
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Vilnius official accommodation
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Warsaw chancery
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Warsaw official accommodation
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Washington chancery
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Washington chancery (adjoining site purchased 2018)
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Washington official accommodation
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Wellington chancery
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Wellington official accommodation
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Zagreb chancery
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Zagreb official accommodation
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Table 3. Purchase cost of properties 2014-2018
