Department of Foreign Affairs

Also known as DFA and Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

The Department of Foreign Affairs is a Department of State of the Government of Ireland. It supports the Minister responsible for Foreign Affairs and provides the permanent civil service capacity for policy, legislation and administration in that portfolio.

Departments of State are organised under the Constitution of Ireland and the Ministers and Secretaries Acts 1924 to 2020, which govern the appointment of Ministers of the Government and the allocation of functions between departments. Names and functions of individual departments change over time by transfer-of-functions orders; the title recorded here is the name used on Public Purse for this FOI body.

4754 spending records on file.

Transparency Score

2.9/5

58% transparent

Machine readable 0.0/1

Descriptions 1.0/1

Uniqueness 0.5/1

Supplier number 0.5/1

Supplier name 1.0/1

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Payment date^*	Supplier	Description	Kind	Publication	Amount
31 Mar 2012	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2012	€39,455
31 Mar 2012	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2012	€60,822
31 Mar 2012	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2012	€22,356
31 Mar 2012	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2012	€40,631
31 Mar 2012	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2012	€105,733
31 Mar 2012	B T IRELAND	ICT OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q1 2012	€86,205
31 Mar 2012	B T IRELAND	ICT OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q1 2012	€81,547
31 Mar 2012	B T IRELAND	ICT OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q1 2012	€80,139
31 Mar 2012	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2012	€174,813
31 Mar 2012	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2012	€174,813
31 Mar 2012	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2012	€174,813
31 Mar 2012	COLT TELECOM	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2012	€54,488
31 Mar 2012	COLT TELECOM	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2012	€54,488
31 Mar 2012	COLT TELECOM	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2012	€47,076
31 Mar 2012	COLT TELECOM	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2012	€47,854
31 Mar 2012	COLT TELECOM	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2012	€47,854
31 Mar 2012	CORE INTERNATIONAL LTD.(IRL)	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2012	€20,728
31 Mar 2012	CORE INTERNATIONAL LTD.(IRL)	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2012	€38,547
31 Mar 2012	DATASAT COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2012	€25,824
31 Mar 2012	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	PASSPORT BOOKLETS	Purchase Order	Q1 2012	€258,792
31 Mar 2012	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	PASSPORT BOOKLETS	Purchase Order	Q1 2012	€388,188
31 Mar 2012	DELL COMPUTER	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2012	€37,704
31 Mar 2012	ECO SUPPORT	CLEANING CONTRACTS (CHANCERIES)	Purchase Order	Q1 2012	€31,128
31 Mar 2012	ECO SUPPORT	CLEANING CONTRACTS (CHANCERIES)	Purchase Order	Q1 2012	€31,128
31 Mar 2012	EIRCOMPRIVATEACC	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2012	€97,925
31 Mar 2012	EIRCOMPRIVATEACC	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2012	€40,609
31 Mar 2012	Eircom Ltd	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2012	€36,951
31 Mar 2012	JK NETWORK ARCHITECTURE DESIGN LTD	ICT OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q1 2012	€27,306
31 Mar 2012	JK NETWORK ARCHITECTURE DESIGN LTD	ICT OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q1 2012	€28,743
31 Mar 2012	SAGEM IDENTIFICATION	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2012	€31,257
31 Mar 2012	SAGEM IDENTIFICATION	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2012	€31,257
31 Mar 2012	SAGEM IDENTIFICATION	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2012	€29,967
31 Mar 2012	SOFTWORKS COMPUTING Ltd	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2012	€22,856
31 Mar 2012	SYSTEM VIDEO	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2012	€74,104
31 Mar 2012	THE LIVING HISTORY FORUM	HUMAN RIGHTS FORUM C'TTEE CIVIL SOCIETY OUTREACH	Purchase Order	Q1 2012	€30,000
31 Mar 2013	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2013	€81,436
31 Mar 2013	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2013	€25,632
31 Mar 2013	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2013	€96,066
31 Mar 2013	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2013	€34,329
31 Mar 2013	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2013	€44,267
31 Mar 2013	CODEX OFFICE PRODUCTS	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2013	€32,724
31 Mar 2013	COLT TELECOM	OFFICE EQUIPMENT CONSUMABLES & MAINTENANCE	Purchase Order	Q1 2013	€41,793
31 Mar 2013	COLT TELECOM	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2013	€83,103
31 Mar 2013	COLT TELECOM	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2013	€20,784
31 Mar 2013	COLT TELECOM	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2013	€39,320
31 Mar 2013	D.C.KAVANAGH	PRINTING AND STATIONERY	Purchase Order	Q1 2013	€120,709
31 Mar 2013	D.C.KAVANAGH	PRINTING AND STATIONERY	Purchase Order	Q1 2013	€30,177
31 Mar 2013	D.C.KAVANAGH	PRINTING AND STATIONERY	Purchase Order	Q1 2013	€103,664
31 Mar 2013	DATASAT COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2013	€21,832
31 Mar 2013	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	PASSPORT BOOKLETS	Purchase Order	Q1 2013	€4,300,080

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

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