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.

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58% transparent

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Descriptions 1.0/1

Uniqueness 0.5/1

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Supplier name 1.0/1

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Payment date^*	Supplier	Description	Kind	Publication	Amount
31 Mar 2020	DELL COMPUTER	OFFICE & COMPUTER EQUIPMENT (MINOR, <€1,000)	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€34,440
31 Mar 2020	DELL COMPUTER	OFFICE EQUIPMENT NEW (VALUE OF NEW O.E.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€67,650
31 Mar 2020	DELL COMPUTER	OFFICE EQUIPMENT NEW (VALUE OF NEW O.E.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€67,650
31 Mar 2020	DELL COMPUTER	OFFICE & COMPUTER EQUIPMENT (MINOR, <€1,000)	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€26,445
31 Mar 2020	DELL COMPUTER	OFFICE & COMPUTER EQUIPMENT (MINOR, <€1,000)	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€26,445
31 Mar 2020	DELL COMPUTER	OFFICE & COMPUTER EQUIPMENT (MINOR, <€1,000)	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€26,445
31 Mar 2020	DELL COMPUTER	OFFICE & COMPUTER EQUIPMENT (MINOR, <€1,000)	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€55,965
31 Mar 2020	DELL COMPUTER	OFFICE & COMPUTER EQUIPMENT (MINOR, <€1,000)	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€58,425
31 Mar 2020	DELL COMPUTER	OFFICE & COMPUTER EQUIPMENT (MINOR, <€1,000)	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€57,810
31 Mar 2020	DELL COMPUTER	OFFICE & COMPUTER EQUIPMENT (MINOR, <€1,000)	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€26,445
31 Mar 2020	DELL COMPUTER	OFFICE & COMPUTER EQUIPMENT (MINOR, <€1,000)	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€26,445
31 Mar 2020	DELL COMPUTER	OFFICE & COMPUTER EQUIPMENT (MINOR, <€1,000)	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€26,445
31 Mar 2020	DELL COMPUTER	OFFICE & COMPUTER EQUIPMENT (MINOR, <€1,000)	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€26,445
31 Mar 2020	DELL COMPUTER	OFFICE & COMPUTER EQUIPMENT (MINOR, <€1,000)	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€26,445
31 Mar 2020	HERMAN MILLER ASIA (PTE) LTD	RENTED PREMISES - MAJOR MAINTENANCE ONLY	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€32,761
31 Mar 2020	ICT SERVICES	COMP. EQUIPMENT NEW (VALUE OF NEW COMP. EQ.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€32,905
31 Mar 2020	ICT SERVICES	COMP. EQUIPMENT NEW (VALUE OF NEW COMP. EQ.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€75,028
31 Mar 2020	INTEGRITY SOLUTIONS LTD	LICENCES	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€23,256
31 Mar 2020	IT ROLLOUT CONSULTANCY	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€65,795
31 Mar 2020	IT ROLLOUT CONSULTANCY	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€65,795
31 Mar 2020	JK NETWORK ARCHITECTURE DESIGN LTD	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€50,793
31 Mar 2020	JK NETWORK ARCHITECTURE DESIGN LTD	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€53,714
31 Mar 2020	OTTO KUNNECKE GmbH	COMP. EQUIPMENT NEW (VALUE OF NEW COMP. EQ.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€49,016
31 Mar 2020	PLANNET 21 COMMUNICATIONS LTD	OFFICE & COMPUTER EQUIPMENT (MINOR, <€1,000)	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€22,085
31 Mar 2020	PREWRIL LTD	PRINTING AND STATIONERY	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€46,051
31 Mar 2020	PREWRIL LTD	PRINTING AND STATIONERY	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€127,969
31 Mar 2020	VODAFONE IRELAND LTD	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€41,812
31 Mar 2020	VODAFONE IRELAND LTD	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€41,812
31 Mar 2020	VODAFONE IRELAND LTD	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€41,812
31 Mar 2020	VODAFONE IRELAND LTD	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€41,812
31 Mar 2020	VODAFONECIRCU	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€44,882
31 Mar 2020	VODAFONECIRCU	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€44,882
31 Mar 2020	VODAFONECIRCU	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€44,882
31 Mar 2020	VODAFONECIRCU	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€44,882
31 Mar 2020	WS ATKINS IRELAND LTD	PREMISES PROFESSIONAL FEES	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€28,197
31 Mar 2020	WS ATKINS IRELAND LTD	PREMISES PROFESSIONAL FEES	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€25,289
31 Mar 2020	ZERO DOWNTIME LTD	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€56,915
31 Mar 2020	ZERO DOWNTIME LTD	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€51,957
31 Mar 2020	ZERO DOWNTIME LTD	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€53,399
31 Mar 2020	ZERO-G	CONSULTANCY COSTS - FEES	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€26,568
31 Mar 2020	ZINOPY	LICENCES	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€21,346
31 Mar 2021	ABSOLUTE GRAPHICS	LICENCES	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€35,423
31 Mar 2021	ABSOLUTE GRAPHICS	COMPUTER SOFTWARE	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€66,550
31 Mar 2021	ACTION POINT TECHNOLOGY LTD	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€21,588
31 Mar 2021	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€22,748
31 Mar 2021	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€174,948
31 Mar 2021	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€119,991
31 Mar 2021	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€54,678
31 Mar 2021	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€121,974
31 Mar 2021	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€119,991

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

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