AQW 7867/22-27

Ms Paula Bradshaw
Alliance Party
South Belfast

Tabled Date: 29/02/2024
Answered On Date: 29/03/2024
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail the differentiation in status between Northern Ireland Bureaux in China and the United States, and the Northern Ireland Executive Office in Brussels.

Answer:

There is no differentiation in status between the three overseas offices. All three offices are led at Director level by NICS staff and include a mix of NICS staff, who are diplomatically accredited, and country-based staff, who are employed on local contracts.