Fianna Fáil TD, 1981-2011. Born 12 September 1951. Fianna Fáil Deputy Leader, 1992-94. Fianna Fáil Leader, 1994-2008. Minister for Labour, 1987-91. Minister for Finance, 1991-94. Taoiseach, 1997-2008.

Minister for Foreign Affairs (1992 - 1993); Minister for Defence and the Marine (1993–94); Opposition spokesman on tourism and trade, (1995–97); Minister for Defence (1997) Member: Committee on the Constitution (1967); New Ireland Forum (1983–84); British-Irish Inter-parliamentary Body (1990–92) Member of the Dáil (TD) (FF) for Dún Laoghaire, 1965–2002; Minister for Foreign Affairs, Republic of Ireland, 1997–2000.

Secretary General of the Department of Justice (appointed 1991)

John Gerard Burton. Born 18 May 1947; died 6 February 2024. TD for Fine Gael, 1969-2004;.Minister for Industry and Energy, 1982-83. Minister for Industry, Trade, Commerce, and Tourism, 1983-86. Minister for Finance, 1986-87. Deputy Leader of Fine Gael, 1987-90. Leader of Fine Gael, 1990-2001; Taoiseach, 1994-97.

Minister for Foreign Affairs 9 March - 14 December 1982; 12 July 1989 - 11 February 1992

Tim Dalton. Irish government delegate to the 1991-1992 and the 1996-1998 multi-party talks. Secretary General of the Department of Justice and Equality, 1993-2004.

David Donoghue. Joined Ireland's Department of Foreign Affairs (Anglo-Irish Division), 1975. Irish Permanent Mission to the UN, 1987-88. Posted to the Irish Embassy in London 1988-91. Served as Irish head of the Anglo-Irish Secretariat in Belfast, 1995-99. Irish government delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks.

Born 1 November 1933. Joined the diplomatic service of the Department of Foreign Affairs in 1960. From 1980 to 1983 he was the Permanent Representative of Ireland at the United Nations in New York. From 1983 to 1987, Dorr was the Irish Ambassador to the UK. Secretary General of the Department of Foreign Affairs from 1987 to 1995.

Fergus Finlay. Born 1 June 1950. Irish government delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks. Adviser to Dick Spring, 1983-97.

TD (1977-1994); Minister of State (1980-1981); Minister for the Gaeltacht (1982); Minister for Trade, Commerce and Tourism (1982); Minister for the Environment (1987-1991); Minister for Justice (1992-1993); Minister for Industry and Commerce (1992-1993). European Commissioner for Social Affairs (1993-1999).

Dermot Anthony Gallagher. Born 1944; died 15 January 2017. Joined civil service, 1969. Press Office at the Irish Embassy in London, 1973-77. Irish Ambassador to the US, 1991-97. Secretary General of the Department of Foreign Affairs, 1997-unknown.

Minister for Justice (4 January 1993-15 December 1994)

Charles James Haughey. Born 16 September 1925. Irish Fianna Fáil politician. Served as Taoiseach from 1979 to 1981, from March 1982 to December 1982, and finally from 1987 to 1992.

Pat Hennessy.

Martin George Southcote Mansergh. Born 31 December 1946. Worked at the Department of Foreign Affairs, by 1977 he became First Secretary. Recruited by Taoiseach Charles Haughey as Director of Research, Policy and Special Advisor on Northern Ireland under three Fianna Fáil leaders.

Rory Montgomery. Irish government delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks. Irish diplomat, 1983-2019. Served as Ambassador to France, Permanent Representative to the EU in Brussels, Second Secretary General at the Department of the Taoiseach and Second Secretary General at the Department of Foreign Affairs.

Secretary General to the Irish Government, 1993-2000.

Dermot Nally. Born 10 December 1927. In 1973 Nally joined the Department of the Taoiseach as Assistant Secretary reporting directly to Taoiseach Jack Lynch. In 1978, he was appointed Deputy Secretary to the department. In 1980 Nally became Secretary to the Government. Over the remainder of his career he worked with ten governments until his retirement in late 1992. However, in retirement, Nally was retained on a consultancy basis by Albert Reynolds to advise on the negotiations leading to the Downing Street Declaration.

Statements, decisions and papers attributed to the Irish Government delegation.

TD (Fianna Fáil), 1977–2003; Taoiseach 1992–94; President, Fianna Fáil, 1992–94 (Vice-President, 1983–92).

Attended Strand 3 meetings for the Brooke/Mayhew talks and meetings of the Anglo-Irish Liaison Group.

Richard (Dick) Martin Spring. Born 29 August 1950. TD for Kerry North, 1981-2002. Leader of the Labour Party, 1982-97. Tánaiste, 1983-97. Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1993-97.

Paddy Teahon. Irish government delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks. Involved in the negotiation of the Downing Street Joint Declaration, 1993.

Seán Ó hUiginn. Head of the Anglo-Irish Division of the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs, 1991-97. Irish ambassador to the United States, 1997-2011, and was subsequently Irish ambassador to Germany. Instrumental in the negotiation of the Downing Street Joint Delegation in 1993 and was an Irish government delegate to the 1996-1998 multi-party talks.