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To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the annual cost of running the British embassy in Dublin in each of the past five years. [HL6283]
The annual cost of running our embassy in Dublin in each of the past five years was:
financial year 2008-09—£2,217,968;
financial year 2007-08—£2,362,167;
financial year 2006-07—£2,975,981;
financial year 2005-06—£1,600,844; and
financial year 2004-05—£1,591,670.
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To ask Her Majesty's Government what function the British embassy in Ireland has in monitoring social changes in that country; and how the embassy monitors human rights in Ireland. [HL6284]
All of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's overseas missions have a responsibility to monitor and report on social developments in their host countries.