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.

Transparency Score

3.1/5

62% transparent

Machine readable 0.0/1

Descriptions 1.0/1

Uniqueness 0.2/1

Supplier number 1.0/1

Supplier name 1.0/1

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Payment date^*	Supplier	Description	Kind	Publication	Amount
10 Dec 2018	Carat	Media Buying Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2018	€36,900
16 Oct 2018	Carat	Media Buying Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2018	€48,142
22 Oct 2018	Carat	Media Buying Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2018	€20,910
17 Dec 2018	McDowell Purcell	Legal Consultancy	Purchase Order	Q4 2018	€22,546
18 Dec 2018	McCann FitzGerald	Legal Consultancy	Purchase Order	Q4 2018	€25,222
12 Dec 2018	ECC	ECC	Purchase Order	Q4 2018	€43,655
09 Nov 2018	BBDO	Advertising Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2018	€42,613
31 Oct 2018	ECC	ECC	Purchase Order	Q4 2018	€67,144
17 Oct 2018	Carat	Media Buying Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2018	€50,000
21 Nov 2018	Carat	Media Buying Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2018	€41,021
21 Nov 2018	Carat	Media Buying Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2018	€41,878
11 Dec 2019	Behaviour and Attitudes	Research (Outsourced)	Purchase Order	Q4 2019	€31,611
12 Dec 2019	Ipsos MRBI	Research (Outsourced)	Purchase Order	Q4 2019	€29,520
12 Dec 2019	Ipsos MRBI	Research (Outsourced)	Purchase Order	Q4 2019	€33,825
01 Oct 2019	Carat	Media Buying Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2019	€40,689
01 Oct 2019	Carat	Media Buying Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2019	€40,689
04 Dec 2019	Carat	Media Buying Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2019	€28,107
03 Dec 2019	Carat	Media Buying Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2019	€30,842
13 Dec 2019	Carat	Media Buying Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2019	€36,783
13 Dec 2019	Carat	Media Buying Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2019	€43,217
13 Dec 2019	Carat	Media Buying Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2019	€28,010
13 Dec 2019	Carat	Media Buying Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2019	€30,072
13 Dec 2019	Carat	Media Buying Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2019	€44,873
17 Dec 2019	Carat	Media Buying Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2019	€41,820
17 Oct 2019	ECC	ECC	Purchase Order	Q4 2019	€78,184
06 Dec 2019	BBDO Dublin	Advertising Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2019	€35,438
10 Dec 2019	BBDO Dublin	Advertising Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2019	€27,599
06 Dec 2019	ESRI	Research (Outsourced)	Purchase Order	Q4 2019	€39,926
16 Dec 2019	Behaviour and Attitudes	Research (Outsourced)	Purchase Order	Q4 2019	€24,600
05 Dec 2019	Ipsos MRBI	Research (Outsourced)	Purchase Order	Q4 2019	€22,183
12 Dec 2019	Ipsos MRBI	Research (Outsourced)	Purchase Order	Q4 2019	€22,140
01 Oct 2019	Carat	Media Buying Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2019	€20,910
01 Oct 2019	Carat	Media Buying Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2019	€28,951
17 Dec 2020	CCL Forensics	Software & Licences	Purchase Order	Q4 2020	€95,879
30 Oct 2020	Carat	Media Buying Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2020	€27,604
30 Oct 2020	Carat	Media Buying Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2020	€40,316
30 Oct 2020	Carat	Media Buying Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2020	€25,264
11 Nov 2020	Carat	Media Buying Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2020	€27,302
11 Nov 2020	Carat	Media Buying Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2020	€38,472
27 Nov 2020	Carat	Media Buying Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2020	€25,220
08 Dec 2020	Frontier Economics	Research (Outsourced)	Purchase Order	Q4 2020	€48,324
14 Dec 2020	Dell Ireland	Computer Supplies & Equipment	Purchase Order	Q4 2020	€26,614
09 Dec 2020	Carat	Media Buying Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2020	€29,517
13 Oct 2020	Carat	Media Buying Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2020	€35,901
09 Dec 2020	Carat	Media Buying Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2020	€40,000
09 Dec 2020	Carat	Media Buying Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2020	€39,706
17 Dec 2020	Carat	Media Buying Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2020	€20,000
27 Nov 2020	Carat	Media Buying Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2020	€27,434
09 Dec 2020	Carat	Media Buying Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2020	€22,928
09 Dec 2020	Carat	Media Buying Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2020	€22,928

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

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