Arts Council

Payment date^*	Supplier	Description	Kind	Publication	Amount
09 Jul 2019	Irish Business Intelligence	Research and Policy	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€73,800.00
08 Jul 2019	BigOMedia	Marketing and Communications	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€47,427.30
05 Jul 2019	Sureskills	Recruitment Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€27,033.00
04 Jul 2019	Seán O'Sullivan Visual Arts	Arts Advisory	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€39,000.00
02 Jul 2019	Crowe Horwath	Professional Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€32,190.00
26 Jun 2019	Sureskills	Recruitment Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€22,792.00
25 Jun 2019	ESRI	Research and Policy	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€32,915.00
20 Jun 2019	Creativity Culture & Education	Arts Programmes and Projects	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€22,462.80
20 Jun 2019	Qualcom	ICT Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€22,670.00
20 Jun 2019	Qualcom	ICT Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€23,795.00
19 Jun 2019	Qualcom	ICT Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€24,875.00
18 Jun 2019	Ergo	ICT Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€373,428.00
12 Jun 2019	KMacS Consulting	Professional Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€34,587.60
11 Jun 2019	Accent Solutions	Building and Maintenance	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€42,276.00
10 Jun 2019	Bid and Tender Management Services	Professional Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€108,240.00
31 May 2019	Teevan, David	Arts Advisory	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€57,114.98
24 May 2019	PlanNet21 Communications	ICT Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€99,000.00
14 May 2019	McAuliffe, Mary	Arts Advisory	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€99,630.00
13 May 2019	Sureskills	Recruitment Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€30,000.00
03 May 2019	The Communications Clinic	Marketing and Communications	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€50,000.00
30 Apr 2019	Quality Matters	Research and Policy	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€24,135.00
29 Apr 2019	Crowe Horwath	Audit Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€20,172.00
12 Apr 2019	Emer Mayock Arts Consultancy	Arts Advisory	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€23,000.00
12 Apr 2019	Ope	Arts Advisory	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€47,580.00
21 Mar 2019	Clara Learning	Arts Advisory	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€21,000.00
11 Mar 2019	Brightwater Recruitment	Recruitment Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€75,900.00
11 Mar 2019	Brightwater Recruitment	Recruitment Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€127,600.00
05 Mar 2019	E & P Architecture	Arts Advisory	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€22,140.00
01 Mar 2019	Context	Professional Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€54,000.00
20 Feb 2019	Carmody, Una	Arts Advisory	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€40,874.40
13 Feb 2019	Sirr, Peter	Arts Advisory	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€45,000.00
13 Feb 2019	Gorman, Kath	Arts Advisory	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€117,000.00
12 Feb 2019	Gorey, Helena	Arts Programmes and Projects	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€24,000.00
12 Feb 2019	Qualcom	ICT Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€20,000.00
11 Feb 2019	Firstaff Personnel Consultants	Recruitment Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€31,200.00
11 Feb 2019	Dublin International Film Festival	Professional Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€30,000.00
07 Feb 2019	Beauchamps	Legal Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€195,120.00
07 Feb 2019	Poetry Ireland/Eigse Eireann	Professional Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€30,000.00
07 Feb 2019	Butler Gallery	Professional Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€30,000.00
07 Feb 2019	Pascal Consulting	Professional Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€90,000.00
31 Jan 2019	Ariadne Consulting	Arts Advisory	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€27,060.00
28 Jan 2019	Greengirl	Arts Advisory	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€47,643.00
24 Jan 2019	Duroc Partners	Arts Advisory	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€25,917.00
22 Jan 2019	Qualcom	ICT Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€22,500.00
18 Jan 2019	BigOMedia	Marketing and Communications	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€150,000.00
14 Jan 2019	Bannon, Marcella	Arts Programmes and Projects	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€20,160.00
08 Jan 2019	McAdam, Janice	Professional Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€30,627.00
18 Dec 2018	Dediserve	ICT Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€22,000.00
13 Dec 2018	Maxwell, Eamonn	Arts Advisory	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€52,416.00
11 Dec 2018	Compass Informatics	Arts Programmes and Projects	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€92,342.25

^* Payment date may be the end of the reporting quarter when the entity does not publish an exact date.

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