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An Coimisiún Toghcháin

An Coimisiún Toghcháin, also known as the Electoral Commission, oversees elections in Ireland. Its work covers electoral operations, constituency reviews and electoral integrity, taking in functions previously spread across departments, local officials, other agencies and the Oireachtas, as well as functions that are new to the commission.

The Electoral Reform Act 2022 provided for its establishment, including roles in the register of political parties, public information on referendums and electoral processes, and participation in democratic processes. S.I. No. 31/2023 appointed 9 February 2023 as the establishment day.

65 spending records on file.

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64% transparent

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Descriptions 1.0/1

Uniqueness 0.5/1

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Supplier name 1.0/1

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Payment date^*	Supplier	Description	Kind	Publication	Amount
31 Mar 2025	Mindshare	Media buying	Purchase Order	Q1 2025	€141,919
31 Mar 2025	RED C	Polling Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2025	€111,050
31 Mar 2025	DCU	Postering	Purchase Order	Q1 2025	€50,000
31 Mar 2025	OPW	Premises and	Purchase Order	Q1 2025	€33,700
31 Mar 2025	McCann	Legal Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2025	€23,921
30 Jun 2025	RED C	General Election	Purchase Order	Q2 2025	€31,305
30 Jun 2025	Live	Partnership and	Purchase Order	Q2 2025	€150,000
30 Jun 2025	TBWA	Creative and	Purchase Order	Q2 2025	€26,350
30 Sep 2024	Murray Consultants Ltd	Digital and Event planning resources	Purchase Order	Q3 2024	€68,675
30 Sep 2024	Ergo Furniture Systems (IRL) Ltd	Office furniture, fixtures and fittings	Purchase Order	Q3 2024	€39,255
30 Sep 2024	Mindshare	Media buying	Purchase Order	Q3 2024	€233,499
30 Sep 2024	Raymond Byrne	Legal services	Purchase Order	Q3 2024	€23,985
30 Sep 2024	Red C Research & Marketing Ltd	Polling services (specific)	Purchase Order	Q3 2024	€28,290
30 Sep 2024	BBDO Dublin Total	Creative and production advertising campaign 415,832.07	Purchase Order	Q3 2024	€22,128
30 Sep 2025	Dentsu	Presidential Election	Purchase Order	Q3 2025	€1,352,342
30 Sep 2025	Fluid	Voter engagement merchandise	Purchase Order	Q3 2025	€50,000
30 Sep 2025	TBWA	Creative and production	Purchase Order	Q3 2025	€26,365
30 Sep 2025	McCanns	Legal Services	Purchase Order	Q3 2025	€50,000
30 Sep 2025	McCanns	Legal Services	Purchase Order	Q3 2025	€100,000
30 Sep 2025	TBWA	Creative and production	Purchase Order	Q3 2025	€35,550
30 Sep 2025	TBWA	Creative and production	Purchase Order	Q3 2025	€57,375
30 Sep 2025	Spark	Ploughing Championships Event	Purchase Order	Q3 2025	€20,204
30 Sep 2025	Vinehall	Ploughing Championships Event	Purchase Order	Q3 2025	€29,229
30 Sep 2025	Storyzy	Listening Service	Purchase Order	Q3 2025	€49,500
31 Dec 2024	Red C Research & Marketing Ltd	Polling service	Purchase Order	Q4 2024	€25,670
31 Dec 2024	BBDO Dublin	Creative and production advertising costs	Purchase Order	Q4 2024	€168,924
31 Dec 2024	McCann Fitzgerald LLP	Legal services	Purchase Order	Q4 2024	€71,614
31 Dec 2024	Red C Research & Marketing Ltd	Polling service	Purchase Order	Q4 2024	€64,175
31 Dec 2024	Mindshare	Media buying	Purchase Order	Q4 2024	€155,022
31 Dec 2024	Price Waterhouse Coopers	Consultancy services	Purchase Order	Q4 2024	€57,366
31 Dec 2024	Mindshare	Media buying	Purchase Order	Q4 2024	€1,311,759
31 Dec 2024	ESRI Ireland	Mapping Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2024	€27,995
31 Dec 2024	BBDO Ireland	Creative and production advertising costs	Purchase Order	Q4 2024	€32,755
31 Dec 2024	The Logically Total	Enterprise solutions 1,963,141.55	Purchase Order	Q4 2024	€47,861
31 Dec 2025	TBWA		Purchase Order	Q4 2025	€113,480
31 Dec 2025	TBWA		Purchase Order	Q4 2025	€72,715
31 Dec 2025	TBWA		Purchase Order	Q4 2025	€25,955
31 Dec 2025	IPSOS	Polling	Purchase Order	Q4 2025	€100,000
31 Dec 2025	Viatel	Audio Video	Purchase Order	Q4 2025	€31,936
31 Dec 2025	Research	Research	Purchase Order	Q4 2025	€29,980
31 Dec 2025	CDW	Software	Purchase Order	Q4 2025	€24,044
31 Mar 2026	McCann Fitzgerald	Legal Advice – Specific	Purchase Order	Q1 2026	€25,000
31 Mar 2026	McCann Fitzgerald	Legal Advice – Specific	Purchase Order	Q1 2026	€50,000
31 Mar 2026	McCann Fitzgerald	Legal Advice – Specific	Purchase Order	Q1 2026	€150,000
31 Mar 2026	Datapac	IT Equipment	Purchase Order	Q1 2026	€28,840
31 Mar 2026	Dentsu	Media buying- Bye Elections campaign	Purchase Order	Q1 2026	€218,178
30 Jun 2026	International IDEA	Research Project	Purchase Order	Q2 2026	€118,565
30 Jun 2026	University College Dublin	Research Project	Purchase Order	Q2 2026	€49,290
30 Jun 2026	ESRI	Mapping Services	Purchase Order	Q2 2026	€48,883
30 Jun 2026	Ireland Thinks	Research Project	Purchase Order	Q2 2026	€48,000

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