There are currently 911 people employed as local staff across Ireland's network of diplomatic missions overseas.
In 2023, the payroll costs of these locally recruited staff was €32 million.
The locally recruited colleagues serving across Ireland's Mission network play an invaluable role in supporting the delivery of the Department's goals and objectives and work principally on issues such as consular and visa services, administration responsibilities, supporting trade, cultural and public diplomacy targets and events and working on Ireland's development assistance programme.
Local staff are recruited subject to local labour law and the salary for each role is set on a Mission by Mission basis using job descriptions and based on the prevailing conditions for salaries in each location.