Representing Irish interests in the EU 24/7 - The Irish Permanent Representation

The European Union is sometimes seen as a faceless bureaucracy over which Ireland has no control.

In fact, the Irish Government has 90 people working full time in Brussels to represent Ireland’s interests in the EU.

They work at the Permanent Representation of Ireland to the EU, or Perm Rep as it is often known. The Perm Rep brings together under one roof civil servants from nearly every Government Department, making it Ireland’s biggest diplomatic mission abroad.