Chief State Solicitor's Office

Also known as CSSO.

The Chief State Solicitor's Office is listed in the schedule to the National Archives Act 1986 as part of the Office of the Attorney General, alongside the Parliamentary Draftsman's Office and the Statute Law Reform and Consolidation Office. A Wikipedia summary requested for the office itself resolved to the page on the Attorney General, which describes that constitutional law officer rather than the solicitor's office as a separate body.

A dedicated account of the office's functions, and an Act or statutory instrument that brought the office into effect, were not confirmed in the sources fetched.

273 spending records on file.

Transparency Score

2.6/5

52% transparent

Machine readable 0.0/1

Descriptions 1.0/1

Uniqueness 0.6/1

Supplier number 0.0/1

Supplier name 1.0/1

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Payment date^*	Supplier	Description	Kind	Publication	Amount
31 Dec 2022	202211 200013364 National Shared Services Office	Peoplepoint Service Charge 2022	Purchase Order	Q4 2022	€45,467
31 Dec 2022	202212 200013556 Bord Gais	Gas Supply	Purchase Order	Q4 2022	€20,000
31 Dec 2022	202212 200013501 State Claims Agency	Outlay	Purchase Order	Q4 2022	€33,333
31 Dec 2023	202310 200014640 Presidio	330 Citrix Desktop Licences from 1/11/2023 - 31/10/2024	Purchase Order	Q4 2023	€37,620
31 Dec 2023	202311 200014735 Canon Business Equipment Ltd	Image Advanced DX 8995 Pro	Purchase Order	Q4 2023	€21,950
31 Dec 2023	202311 200014654 Staffline Recruitment (ROI) Ltd.,	Consultancy - Placement Fees for State Solicitors	Purchase Order	Q4 2023	€32,437
31 Dec 2024	Ergo Services Ltd	ICT Networks	Purchase Order	Q4 2024	€21,875
31 Dec 2024	Three Ireland Limited	ICT Hardware	Purchase Order	Q4 2024	€20,460
31 Dec 2024	Datapac Consumable Ltd	ICT Hardware	Purchase Order	Q4 2024	€39,578
31 Dec 2024	Enterprise Solutions Ltd	Software Subscription	Purchase Order	Q4 2024	€64,029
31 Dec 2024	Datapac Consumable Ltd	ICT Hardware	Purchase Order	Q4 2024	€218,186
31 Dec 2024	Digicom Office Technology Limited	ICT Networks	Purchase Order	Q4 2024	€20,928
31 Dec 2024	Ergo Services Ltd	ICT Networks	Purchase Order	Q4 2024	€21,875
31 Dec 2024	Ergo Services Ltd	ICT Networks	Purchase Order	Q4 2024	€23,991
31 Dec 2024	Digicom Office Technology Limited	ICT Networks	Purchase Order	Q4 2024	€33,075
31 Dec 2024	Ergo Services Ltd.,	ICT Networks	Purchase Order	Q4 2024	€43,750
31 Dec 2024	Institute of Public Administration	Training & Development	Purchase Order	Q4 2024	€50,000
31 Dec 2024	vLex Justis Ltd	Subscription Service	Purchase Order	Q4 2024	€24,658
31 Dec 2024	PFH Technology Group	Software Licences	Purchase Order	Q4 2024	€61,200
31 Dec 2024	PFH Technology Group	Additional Disk storage	Purchase Order	Q4 2024	€27,489
31 Dec 2024	Datapac Consumable Ltd	IT Equipment	Purchase Order	Q4 2024	€79,145
31 Dec 2024	Datapac Consumable Ltd	IT Equipment	Purchase Order	Q4 2024	€83,550
31 Dec 2024	Bizquip Limited	IT Equipment	Purchase Order	Q4 2024	€47,850

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

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