Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 20 June 2023
130. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of embassies and consulates operated by his Department; the total WTE and cost of each, by state; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29245/23]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Department of Foreign Affairs has 98 overseas missions (including Embassies, Consulates, Representative Offices and missions to multilateral institutions). The list of missions, the number of Department of Foreign Affairs officials posted to each mission at end 2022, and the yearly cost of operating each mission during 2022 is set out below in tabular form.
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Total DFA Posted Staff as of 31 December 2022 |
Total Operating Cost 2022 (€) |
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Europe |
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|
Athens |
3 |
760,065 |
|
Berlin |
6 |
2,205,192 |
|
Berne |
2 |
915,293 |
|
Bratislava |
2 |
557,548 |
|
Brussels (Emb) |
2 |
701,641 |
|
Brussels (Perm Rep) |
70 |
13,649,732* |
|
Brussels (Partnership for Peace) |
3 |
334,973 |
|
Bucharest |
2 |
553,796 |
|
Budapest |
2 |
661,259 |
|
Cardiff (Consulate) |
2 |
388,637 |
|
Copenhagen |
1 |
606,414 |
|
Edinburgh (Consulate) |
4 |
685,400 |
|
Frankfurt (Consulate) |
2 |
612,307 |
|
Geneva (Perm Mission to the UN) |
6 |
2,185,039 |
|
Helsinki |
2 |
894,117 |
|
Holy See |
1 |
386,658 |
|
Kyiv |
2 |
930,011 |
|
Lisbon |
3 |
650,299 |
|
Ljubljana |
2 |
523,409 |
|
London |
34 |
7,110,537 |
|
Luxembourg |
2 |
612,820 |
|
Lyon (Consulate) |
2 |
100,308 |
|
Madrid |
4 |
1,510,855 |
|
Manchester (Consulate) |
2 |
390,504 |
|
Moscow |
2 |
951,751 |
|
Nicosia |
2 |
488,193 |
|
Oslo |
2 |
832,778 |
|
Paris |
11 |
3,686,054 |
|
Paris (OECD) |
2 |
370,071 |
|
Prague |
2 |
741,743 |
|
Riga |
2 |
450,024 |
|
Rome |
4 |
1,488,100 |
|
Sofia |
2 |
555,312 |
|
Stockholm |
2 |
955,371 |
|
Strasbourg |
2 |
747,031 |
|
Tallinn |
2 |
423,595 |
|
The Hague |
4 |
1,415,745 |
|
Valletta |
2 |
511,765 |
|
Vienna |
3 |
1,248,206 |
|
Vienna (OSCE) |
2 |
779,821 |
|
Vilnius |
2 |
488,241 |
|
Warsaw |
4 |
1,225,275 |
|
Zagreb |
2 |
476,177 |
|
Americas |
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Atlanta (Consulate) |
2 |
623,875 |
|
Austin (Consulate) |
1 |
603,198 |
|
Bogota |
2 |
958,412 |
|
Boston (Consulate) |
2 |
927,461 |
|
Brasilia |
2 |
664,104 |
|
Buenos Aires |
3 |
761,460 |
|
Chicago (Consulate) |
3 |
768,627 |
|
Los Angeles (Consulate) |
2 |
672,072 |
|
Mexico |
3 |
1,272,926 |
|
Miami (Consulate) |
2 |
103,193 |
|
New York (Perm Mission to the UN) |
20 |
8,962,511 |
|
New York (Consulate) |
5 |
3,642,368 |
|
Ottawa |
2 |
1,311,207 |
|
San Francisco (Consulate) |
2 |
1,343,701 |
|
Santiago |
2 |
677,604 |
|
São Paulo (Consulate) |
2 |
516,012 |
|
Toronto (Consulate) |
2 |
248,366 |
|
Vancouver (Consulate) |
2 |
673,706 |
|
Washington |
9 |
2,719,446 |
|
Middle East/North Africa |
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Abu Dhabi |
4 |
1,358,051 |
|
Amman |
2 |
999,791 |
|
Ankara |
4 |
806,224 |
|
Cairo |
3 |
882,148 |
|
Rabat |
2 |
545,105 |
|
Ramallah (Rep Office) |
3 |
1,197,037 |
|
Riyadh |
3 |
1,047,902 |
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Tehran |
1 |
256,436 |
|
Tel Aviv |
3 |
1,258,590 |
|
Africa |
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Abuja |
3 |
1,132,762 |
|
Addis Ababa |
5 |
2,023,280 |
|
Dar Es Salaam |
5 |
1,482,169 |
|
Freetown |
3 |
857,322 |
|
Kampala |
4 |
1,594,719 |
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Lilongwe |
4 |
1,214,386 |
|
Lusaka |
4 |
1,289,171 |
|
Maputo |
6 |
1,588,834 |
|
Monrovia |
2 |
829,693 |
|
Nairobi |
3 |
1,131,638 |
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Pretoria |
4 |
1,525,334 |
|
Asia/Australia/Oceania |
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Bangkok |
3 |
750,304 |
|
Beijing |
9 |
2,797,682 |
|
Canberra |
3 |
1,044,656 |
|
Hanoi |
5 |
1,404,760 |
|
Hong Kong (Consulate) |
3 |
1,255,884 |
|
Jakarta |
2 |
834,223 |
|
Kuala Lumpur |
2 |
435,694 |
|
Manila |
1 |
602,486 |
|
Mumbai (Consulate) |
2 |
779,332 |
|
New Delhi |
3 |
1,054,392 |
|
Seoul |
2 |
856,675 |
|
Shanghai (Consulate) |
3 |
1,605,095 |
|
Singapore |
2 |
1,043,483 |
|
Sydney (Consulate) |
2 |
864,528 |
|
Tokyo |
5 |
2,614,753 |
|
Wellington |
2 |
806,850 |
*includes €2.2 million in respect of Ireland’s contribution to EU translation services.
