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 2021	ERGO SERVICES LTD.	ICT Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€130,134
31 Mar 2021	TERMINAL FOUR	ICT Software Maintenance YES	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€25,149
31 Mar 2021	PFH TECHNOLOGY GROUP	ICT Hardware NO	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€22,103
31 Mar 2021	BBDO DUBLIN	Advertising NO	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€28,905
31 Mar 2021	EIR	Telecoms Mobile Voice Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€45,000
31 Mar 2021	ROGERSON REDDAN & ASSOC	External Contracting	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€20,000
31 Mar 2021	EIR	Telecoms Mobile Voice Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€50,000
31 Mar 2021	VODAFONE	Telecoms Fixed Voice Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€61,000
31 Mar 2021	SYNERGY SECURITY SOLUTIONS	Security Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€20,000
31 Mar 2021	ELECTRIC IRELAND	Utility Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€55,500
31 Mar 2021	ELECTRIC IRELAND	Utility Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€160,000
31 Mar 2021	BORD GAIS (GAS)	Utility Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€45,000
31 Mar 2021	GREENSTAR ENVIRONMENTAL SVS	Utility Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€25,000
31 Mar 2021	DGD SHREDDING	Waste Management Service	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€25,000
31 Mar 2021	AN POST	Postal Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€30,000
31 Mar 2021	IRISH WATER	Utility Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€25,000
31 Mar 2021	DNR TECHNOLOGIES SOLUTIONS LTD	ICT Software Maintenance	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€47,000
31 Mar 2021	M.J. FLOOD IRELAND LTD	Managed Print Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€190,000
31 Mar 2021	VODAFONE ECS	ICT Software	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€70,000
31 Mar 2021	VODAFONE	Telecoms Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€24,000
31 Mar 2021	VODAFONE	Telecoms Mobile Voice Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€24,000
31 Mar 2021	AIRSPEED TELECOM	IT External Service Provision	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€65,000
31 Mar 2021	EIR	Telecoms Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€24,000
31 Mar 2021	EIR	Telecoms Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€50,000
31 Mar 2021	AN POST	Postal Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€800,000
31 Mar 2021	AN POST	Postal Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€70,000
31 Mar 2021	ELECTRIC IRELAND	Utility Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€65,000
31 Mar 2021	OASIS GROUP	Offsite storage	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€67,000
31 Mar 2021	AN POST	Postal Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€40,000
31 Mar 2021	VODAFONE	Telecoms Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€20,000
31 Mar 2021	ACCENT SOLUTIONS	Cleaning Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€60,000
31 Mar 2021	OFFICE OF PUBLIC WORKS	Office Premises Maintenance	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€75,000
31 Mar 2021	CAPITA CUSTOMER SOLUTIONS	Collection of Statistics	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€150,000
31 Mar 2021	OFFICE OF PUBLIC WORKS	Office Premises Maintenance	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€30,000
31 Mar 2021	THE GIFT CARD COMPANY LIMITED	Survey Gratuity Vouchers	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€80,000
31 Mar 2021	AN POST	Postal Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€20,000
31 Mar 2021	VIRGIN MEDIA IRELAND LTD	Telecoms Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€30,553
31 Mar 2021	OFFICE OF PUBLIC WORKS	Office Premises Maintenance	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€40,000
31 Mar 2022	EIR	Telecoms service	Purchase Order	Q1 2022	€50,000
31 Mar 2022	EIR	Telecoms service	Purchase Order	Q1 2022	€25,000
31 Mar 2022	VODAFONE	Telecoms mobile services	Purchase Order	Q1 2022	€24,000
31 Mar 2022	ERGO SERVICES LTD	ICT Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2022	€57,146
31 Mar 2022	BEVERLY SMYTH & SONS LTD	Census Logistics	Purchase Order	Q1 2022	€279,075
31 Mar 2022	ELECTRIC IRELAND	Utility services	Purchase Order	Q1 2022	€55,500
31 Mar 2022	SYNERGY SECURITY SOLUTIONS	Security services	Purchase Order	Q1 2022	€20,000
31 Mar 2022	OASIS GROUP	Offsite storage	Purchase Order	Q1 2022	€61,884
31 Mar 2022	VODAFONE	Telecoms mobile services	Purchase Order	Q1 2022	€61,000
31 Mar 2022	ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS RESEARCH	ICT software maintenance	Purchase Order	Q1 2022	€73,800
31 Mar 2022	FUSIO LTD	ICT services	Purchase Order	Q1 2022	€60,750
31 Mar 2022	MKC COMMUNICATIONS	Consultancy services	Purchase Order	Q1 2022	€482,000

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

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