If the Minister does not wish to answer in relation to the original question whether either here or in Moscow there are any locally selected staff at either the Irish Embassy in Moscow or the Soviet Embassy here——

There are.

How many are there and what kind of jobs do they do?

In each area there is the staff of the country to which the ambassador is accredited. There are two Irish citizens on the staff of the Russian-Dublin Embassy and there are some Russians on the staff of the Irish Embassy in Moscow, in each case at a lower level.

Would the Minister regard the condition of our roads as a deterrent to travel?

We are getting ridiculous now.