Competition and Consumer Protection Commission

Also known as CCPC.

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission is Ireland's competition and consumer regulator. It brought together the work previously done by the Competition Authority and the National Consumer Agency, and it was given wider powers than those predecessor bodies.

It was established on 31 October 2014. Section 9 of the Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014 created the Commission on the establishment day, and the establishment-day order of 2014 (S.I. No. 367 of 2014) appointed that date.

786 spending records on file.

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62% transparent

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Uniqueness 0.2/1

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Payment date^*	Supplier	Description	Kind	Publication	Amount
24 Jan 2017	Health & Safety Authority	Secondment Salary Recoupment for Q3 & Q4	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€36,520
14 Feb 2017	DAC Beachcroft	Legal Fees	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€33,070
07 Mar 2017	ESRI	Price Lab 2.0 funding	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€30,000
01 Mar 2017	Remy Farrell	Legal Fees	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€28,598
01 Mar 2017	Niamh Hyland	Legal Fees	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€28,598
01 Mar 2017	Margaret Gray	Legal Fees	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€21,710
24 Mar 2017	OPW	Rent	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€79,666
07 Mar 2017	Abtran	Helpline services	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€37,308
09 Feb 2017	Abtran	Helpline services	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€36,671
02 Mar 2017	Eversheds Sutherland	Legal Advice	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€27,040
15 Feb 2018	Fexco	Helpline Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€39,187
15 Feb 2018	Fexco	Helpline Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€39,187
07 Mar 2018	Fexco	Helpline Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€39,187
07 Mar 2018	Fexco	Helpline Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€39,187
15 Jan 2018	Comptroller & Auditor General	Audit of 2016 CCPC Accounts	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€22,000
15 Jan 2018	Comptroller & Auditor General	Audit of 2016 CCPC Accounts	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€22,000
03 Jan 2018	OPW	Rent	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€136,811
03 Jan 2018	OPW	Rent	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€136,811
27 Mar 2019	Amarach Research	Research (Outsourced)	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€23,985
11 Mar 2019	MON Legal Consulting	Legal Consultancy	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€22,541
07 Jan 2019	Paul Goreki	Other Consultancy	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€22,500
18 Feb 2019	FexCo	Helpline Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€41,522
18 Feb 2019	FexCo	Helpline Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€41,522
06 Mar 2019	FexCo	Helpline Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€41,522
06 Mar 2019	FexCo	Helpline Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€41,522
16 Jan 2019	C&AG	Audit Fee (C&AG only)	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€26,680
16 Jan 2019	C&AG	Audit Fee (C&AG only)	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€26,680
16 Jan 2019	C&AG	Audit Fee (C&AG only)	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€26,680
01 Mar 2019	OPW	Rent (OPW)	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€29,097
01 Mar 2019	OPW	Rent (OPW)	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€29,097
07 Jan 2019	OPW	Rent (OPW)	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€136,811
07 Jan 2019	OPW	Rent (OPW)	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€136,811
05 Mar 2020	Frontier Economics	Research (Outsourced)	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€49,123
09 Mar 2020	Dell Ireland	Computer Supplies & Equipment	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€22,896
20 Feb 2020	Mon Legal Consulting	Legal Consultancy	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€20,836
23 Jan 2020	Software One	Software & Licence	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€58,813
23 Jan 2020	Software One	Software & Licence	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€58,813
03 Mar 2020	Office of Public Works	Rent (OPW)	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€29,097
03 Mar 2020	Office of Public Works	Rent (OPW)	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€29,097
07 Jan 2020	Office of Public Works	Rent (OPW)	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€136,812
07 Jan 2020	Office of Public Works	Rent (OPW)	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€136,812
20 Mar 2020	Fexco Unlimited	Helpline Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€41,522
20 Mar 2020	Fexco Unlimited	Helpline Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€41,522
17 Feb 2020	Fexco Unlimited	Helpline Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€41,522
17 Feb 2020	Fexco Unlimited	Helpline Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€41,522
19 Mar 2020	Carat	Media Buying Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€21,909
19 Mar 2020	Carat	Media Buying Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€21,909
19 Apr 2020	Carat	Media Buying Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€20,538
19 Apr 2020	Carat	Media Buying Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€20,538
08 Feb 2021	Ibex	Other Consultancy	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€22,950

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

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