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.

Transparency Score

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
30 Sep 2020	PFH TECHNOLOGY GROUP	ICT Hardware	Purchase Order	Q3 2020	€30,553
30 Sep 2020	DATAPAC LTD	ICT Hardware	Purchase Order	Q3 2020	€39,396
30 Sep 2020	DATAPAC LTD	ICT Hardware	Purchase Order	Q3 2020	€142,431
30 Sep 2020	PFH TECHNOLOGY GROUP	ICT Hardware	Purchase Order	Q3 2020	€24,152
30 Sep 2020	TREFLOR	Office Premises Maintenance	Purchase Order	Q3 2020	€20,237
30 Sep 2020	TEKENABLE LIMITED	ICT Software Maintenance	Purchase Order	Q3 2020	€65,340
30 Sep 2020	INPUTE TECHNOLOGIES LTD.	ICT Software	Purchase Order	Q3 2020	€37,892
30 Sep 2020	ACTION POINT TECHNOLOGY LTD	ICT Hardware	Purchase Order	Q3 2020	€99,505
30 Sep 2020	MICROSOFT IRELAND OPERATIONS	ICT Software Maintenance	Purchase Order	Q3 2020	€66,245
30 Sep 2020	HACKMAN ENTERPRISES LTD	Exxternal Contracting	Purchase Order	Q3 2020	€29,639
30 Sep 2020	PFH TECHNOLOGY GROUP	ICT Hardware	Purchase Order	Q3 2020	€31,279
30 Sep 2020	LOGICEARTH LEARNING SERVICES	Training	Purchase Order	Q3 2020	€24,362
30 Sep 2020	OFFICE OF PUBLIC WORKS	Office Premises Maintenance	Purchase Order	Q3 2020	€50,000
30 Sep 2021	DELOITTE IRELAND LLP	ICT Software Maintenance	Purchase Order	Q3 2021	€104,304
30 Sep 2021	EXORBYTE GmbH	ICT Software Maintenance	Purchase Order	Q3 2021	€26,879
30 Sep 2021	GEO DIRECTORY	Data Services	Purchase Order	Q3 2021	€24,416
30 Sep 2021	DATAPAC LTD	IT Hardware	Purchase Order	Q3 2021	€21,173
30 Sep 2021	OFFICE OF PUBLIC WORKS	Office Premises Maintenance	Purchase Order	Q3 2021	€66,580
30 Sep 2021	DIGICOM OFFICE TECHNOLOGY LTD	ICT Software Maintenance	Purchase Order	Q3 2021	€22,440
30 Sep 2021	MICROSOFT IRELAND OPERATIONS	ICT Software Maintenance	Purchase Order	Q3 2021	€67,502
30 Sep 2021	INPUTE TECHNOLOGIES LTD.	ICT Software Maintenance	Purchase Order	Q3 2021	€43,175
30 Sep 2021	VODAFONE ECS	ICT Services	Purchase Order	Q3 2021	€20,000
30 Sep 2021	OFFICE OF PUBLIC WORKS	Office Premises Maintenance	Purchase Order	Q3 2021	€40,000
30 Sep 2022	VODAFONE	Telecoms services	Purchase Order	Q3 2022	€385,021
30 Sep 2022	ENERGIA CUSTOMER SOLUTIONS LTD	Utility services	Purchase Order	Q3 2022	€180,000
30 Sep 2022	ENERGIA CUSTOMER SOLUTIONS LTD	Utility services	Purchase Order	Q3 2022	€170,000
30 Sep 2022	ENERGIA CUSTOMER SOLUTIONS LTD	Utility services	Purchase Order	Q3 2022	€150,000
30 Sep 2022	TEST TRIANGLE LIMITED	ICT services	Purchase Order	Q3 2022	€134,378
30 Sep 2022	DEPT OF PUBLIC EXPENDITURE & REFORM	Shared services charges	Purchase Order	Q3 2022	€107,168
30 Sep 2022	SURESKILLS	ICT software maintenance	Purchase Order	Q3 2022	€91,328
30 Sep 2022	MICROSOFT IRELAND OPERATIONS	ICT software maintenance	Purchase Order	Q3 2022	€74,656
30 Sep 2022	ERGO SERVICES LTD	ICT services	Purchase Order	Q3 2022	€67,896
30 Sep 2022	DELOITTE IRELAND LLP	ICT software maintenance	Purchase Order	Q3 2022	€67,404
30 Sep 2022	ASPIRACON LTD(T/A ASPIRA)	ICT software maintenance	Purchase Order	Q3 2022	€65,867
30 Sep 2022	ENERGY AND COMPLIANCE TECHNOLOGY	ICT software maintenance	Purchase Order	Q3 2022	€57,000
30 Sep 2022	OFFICE OF PUBLIC WORKS	Office premises maintenance	Purchase Order	Q3 2022	€47,980
30 Sep 2022	INPUTE TECHNOLOGIES LTD	ICT software maintenance	Purchase Order	Q3 2022	€45,100
30 Sep 2022	GEO DIRECTORY	Data services	Purchase Order	Q3 2022	€43,050
30 Sep 2022	ROCHESTOWN PARK HOTEL	Accomodation services	Purchase Order	Q3 2022	€40,045
30 Sep 2022	AN POST	Postal services	Purchase Order	Q3 2022	€30,000
30 Sep 2022	EXORBYTE GmbH	ICT software maintenance	Purchase Order	Q3 2022	€26,879
30 Sep 2022	LOGICEARTH LEARNING SERVICES	Training	Purchase Order	Q3 2022	€24,362
30 Sep 2022	SOFTCAT PLC	ICT software maintenance	Purchase Order	Q3 2022	€23,945
30 Sep 2022	PRINTING & GRAPHIC EQUIPMENT	Equipment hire	Purchase Order	Q3 2022	€22,000
30 Sep 2022	DATAPAC LTD	Computer hardware	Purchase Order	Q3 2022	€21,732
30 Sep 2022	THE HIRE LAB	HR services	Purchase Order	Q3 2022	€20,910
30 Sep 2022	DEPT OF PUBLIC EXPENDITURE & REFORM	Shared services charges	Purchase Order	Q3 2022	€245,192
30 Sep 2023	DELOITTE IRELAND LLP	Census 2027 Eq Services	Purchase Order	Q3 2023	€3,500,000
30 Sep 2023	DELOITTE IRELAND LLP	ICT Software Maintenance	Purchase Order	Q3 2023	€440,000
30 Sep 2023	DELOITTE IRELAND LLP	ICT Software Maintenance	Purchase Order	Q3 2023	€270,000

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

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