Central Statistics Office

Also known as CSO.

The Central Statistics Office is the agency that collects official statistics on economic, social and general conditions in the State, including the census, which is taken every five years. It answers to the Taoiseach and has its main offices in Cork.

Section 8 of the Statistics Act 1993 establishes an office of that name to carry out the functions of the Act, which provides for the collection, compilation, extraction and dissemination of official statistics. The Act came into operation on 1 November 1994 under the Statistics Act, 1993 (Commencement) Order, 1994 (S.I. No. 323/1994).

1173 spending records on file.

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3.2/5

64% 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
31 Mar 2017	LOCAL GOVERNMENT MANAGEMENT AGENCY	Shared Service Charges Y	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€28,222
31 Mar 2017	XEROX LTD	ICT Managed Services Y	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€26,063
31 Mar 2017	ESRI	Statistical Research Y	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€20,000
31 Mar 2017	ORACLE EMEA LTD	ICT Software Maintenance Y	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€50,972
31 Mar 2017	EXORBYTE GmbH	ICT Software Maintenance Y	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€24,929
31 Mar 2017	VERSION	€32,652.81 ICT Software Maintenance Y	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€1
31 Mar 2017	CENTRAAL BUREAU VOOR DE STATISTIEK	ICT Software Maintenance Y	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€93,209
31 Mar 2017	M.J. FLOOD (TECHNOLOGY) LTD.	ICT Equipment Y	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€24,294
31 Mar 2017	ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS RESEARCH	ICT Software Maintenance Y	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€43,050
31 Mar 2017	PROFESSIONAL.IE	IT Training Drawdown DRAWDOWN	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€54,059
31 Mar 2017	PFH TECHNOLOGY GROUP	ICT Services Y	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€56,750
31 Mar 2017	M.J. FLOOD (TECHNOLOGY) LTD.	ICT Equipment Y	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€55,295
31 Mar 2017	M.J. FLOOD (TECHNOLOGY) LTD.	ICT Equipment DRAWDOWN	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€46,920
31 Mar 2017	SMARTTECH	ICT Software Maintenance Y	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€33,518
31 Mar 2018	LOCAL GOVERNMENT MANAGEMENT	Shared Service Charges	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€27,449
31 Mar 2018	SAS INSTITUTE LTD.	ICT Software Maintenance	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€838,701
31 Mar 2018	VERSION	33705.69 ICT Software Maintenance	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€1
31 Mar 2018	CENTRAAL BUREAU VOOR DE	.4 ICT Software Maintenance	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€97,022
31 Mar 2018	SURESKILLS	.7 ICT Software Maintenance	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€53,984
31 Mar 2018	COMPUTER SYSTEMS GROUP LTD	ICT Software Maintenance	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€48,585
31 Mar 2018	AMADEUS SOFTWARE LTD	ICT Software Maintenance	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€64,525
31 Mar 2018	GARTNER IRELAND LTD.	IT External Service Provision	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€68,142
31 Mar 2018	SAS INSTITUTE LTD.	ICT Software Maintenance	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€49,200
31 Mar 2018	SURESKILLS	.5 ICT Software Maintenance	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€95,140
31 Mar 2018	ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS RESEARCH	ICT Software Maintenance	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€332,100
31 Mar 2018	DELL COMPUTER (IRELAND)	ICT Software Maintenance	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€34,025
31 Mar 2018	CLUB TRAVEL LTD.	Travel Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€43,420
31 Mar 2018	EIR	Annual Telephone Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€32,974
31 Mar 2018	VODAFONE	Annual Telephone Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€37,500
31 Mar 2018	VODAFONE	Annual Telephone Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€44,666
31 Mar 2018	AIRSPEED TELECOM	Annual IT Data Communications	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€47,601
31 Mar 2018	VIRIDIAN ENERGY T/A ENERGIA	Annual Utility Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€44,500
31 Mar 2018	BORD GAIS (GAS)	Annual Utility Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€25,000
31 Mar 2018	XEROX (IRELAND) LTD	Annual Managed Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€90,000
31 Mar 2018	GREENSTAR ENVIRONMENTAL SVS	Annual Disposal of waste materials	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€20,000
31 Mar 2018	AILESBURY CONTRACT CLEANING	Annual Contract Cleaning	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€29,374
31 Mar 2018	AN POST	Annual Postal Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€450,000
31 Mar 2018	VIRIDIAN ENERGY T/A ENERGIA	Annual Utility Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€165,000
31 Mar 2018	VODAFONE	Annual Telephone Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€40,000
31 Mar 2018	VIRIDIAN ENERGY T/A ENERGIA	Annual Utility Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€52,000
31 Mar 2018	VODAFONE	Annual IT Data Communications	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€60,000
31 Mar 2018	CAPITA CUSTOMER SOLUTIONS	Annual Collection of Statistics Expenses	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€438,000
31 Mar 2018	ACCENT SOLUTIONS	Annual Contract Cleaning	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€133,000
31 Mar 2018	XEROX (IRELAND) LTD	Annual Managed Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€22,000
31 Mar 2018	AN POST	Annual Postal Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€36,000
31 Mar 2019	CLUB TRAVEL LTD.	Travel Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€35,021
31 Mar 2019	OFFICE OF PUBLIC WORKS	Office Premises Expenses	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€48,944
31 Mar 2019	DNM TECHNOLOGY	ICT Software Maintenance	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€180,466
31 Mar 2019	TEKENABLE LIMITED	ICT Software Maintenance	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€141,696
31 Mar 2019	SMARTTECH	ICT Software Maintenance	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€73,800

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

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These are reported values from published purchase order and payment records — not verified cash paid, and not total spending by this organisation. A row may be a purchase order, a payment, or another reported transaction; the source files often do not say which.

Coverage and quality vary. Some fields are blank, supplier names are free text (the same firm can appear under many labels), and descriptions are inconsistent rather than a controlled taxonomy. An amount alone says nothing about value for money and it may or may not include VAT.

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