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
31 Mar 2020	TEKENABLE LIMITED	ICT Software Maintenance	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€138,744
31 Mar 2020	TEKENABLE LIMITED	ICT Software Maintenance	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€66,420
31 Mar 2020	ERGO SERVICES LTD.	ICT Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€132,840
31 Mar 2020	THE GIFT CARD COMPANY LIMITED	Survey gratuity vouchers	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€29,247
31 Mar 2020	DATAPAC LTD	ICT Hardware	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€29,274
31 Mar 2020	DATAPAC LTD	ICT Hardware	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€69,607
31 Mar 2020	DATAPAC LTD	ICT Hardware	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€25,646
31 Mar 2020	DATAPAC LTD	ICT Hardware	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€39,571
31 Mar 2020	EIR	Telecoms mobile voice services	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€43,000
31 Mar 2020	EIR	Telecoms service	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€42,000
31 Mar 2020	EIR	Telecoms service	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€23,000
31 Mar 2020	VODAFONE	Telecoms mobile voice services	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€23,000
31 Mar 2020	VODAFONE	Telecoms mobile voice services	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€23,000
31 Mar 2020	VODAFONE ECS	ICT Software	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€70,000
31 Mar 2020	AILESBURY CONTRACT CLEANING	Cleaning services	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€30,000
31 Mar 2020	DNM TECHNOLOGY	ICT Software	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€47,000
31 Mar 2020	AIRSPEED TELECOM	IT External service provision	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€50,000
31 Mar 2020	VODAFONE	ICT Software	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€50,000
31 Mar 2020	ACCENT SOLUTIONS	Cleaning services	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€142,000
31 Mar 2020	EIR	Telecoms mobile voice services	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€35,000
31 Mar 2020	SYNERGY SECURITY SOLUTIONS	Security services	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€20,000
31 Mar 2020	ELECTRIC IRELAND	Utility services	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€55,500
31 Mar 2020	AN POST	Postal services	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€20,000
31 Mar 2020	OASIS GROUP	Offsite storage	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€60,000
31 Mar 2020	CACI LIMITED	IT Ext Service provision	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€4,828,445
31 Mar 2020	BORD GAIS (GAS)	Utility services	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€35,000
31 Mar 2020	ELECTRIC IRELAND	Utility services	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€150,000
31 Mar 2020	GREENSTAR ENVIRONMENTAL SVS	Utility services	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€25,000
31 Mar 2020	ELECTRIC IRELAND	Utility services	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€80,000
31 Mar 2020	AN POST	Postal services	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€950,000
31 Mar 2020	CAPITA CUSTOMER SOLUTIONS	Collection of statistics	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€440,000
31 Mar 2020	AN POST	Postal services	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€50,000
31 Mar 2020	OFFICE OF PUBLIC WORKS	Office premises maintenance	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€30,000
31 Mar 2020	M.J. FLOOD IRELAND LTD	Managed print services	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€190,000
31 Mar 2020	AN POST	Postal services	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€40,000
31 Mar 2020	IRISH WATER	Utility services	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€25,000
31 Mar 2021	CENTRAAL BUREAU VOOR DE	ICT Software YES	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€136,276
31 Mar 2021	ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS RESEARCH	ICT Software YES	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€72,600
31 Mar 2021	SURESKILLS	ICT Software Maintenance YES	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€26,602
31 Mar 2021	SURESKILLS	ICT Software Maintenance	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€179,988
31 Mar 2021	ERGO SERVICES LTD.	ICT Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€141,570
31 Mar 2021	BBDO DUBLIN	Advertising NO	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€20,570
31 Mar 2021	ERGO SERVICES LTD.	ICT Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€139,150
31 Mar 2021	TEKENABLE LIMITED	ICT Software Maintenance	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€141,606
31 Mar 2021	DNR TECHNOLOGIES SOLUTIONS LTD	ICT Software Maintenance	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€42,350
31 Mar 2021	DNR TECHNOLOGIES SOLUTIONS LTD	ICT Software Maintenance	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€143,990
31 Mar 2021	ASYSTEC LIMITED	ICT Software YES	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€84,502
31 Mar 2021	VERSION	SOFTWARE 42,232.26 ICT Software YES	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€1
31 Mar 2021	SOFTWORKS LIMITED	ICT Software Maintenance YES	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€38,921
31 Mar 2021	EVROS	ICT Services YES	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€45,029

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

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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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