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 2023	ACTION POINT INNOVATION LTD	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€30,848
31 Mar 2023	ACTION POINT TECHNOLOGY LTD	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€24,963
31 Mar 2023	ACTION POINT TECHNOLOGY LTD	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€39,315
31 Mar 2023	AIM INTERNATIONAL MOVING LTD	REMOVAL / STORAGE COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€36,624
31 Mar 2023	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€203,390
31 Mar 2023	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€532,546
31 Mar 2023	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€44,881
31 Mar 2023	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€35,800
31 Mar 2023	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€622,824
31 Mar 2023	AN POST MAILS REVENUE	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€26,113
31 Mar 2023	AN POST MAILS REVENUE	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€189,349
31 Mar 2023	AN POST MAILS REVENUE	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€25,365
31 Mar 2023	AN POST MAILS REVENUE	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€57,844
31 Mar 2023	BEARING POINT	COMPUTER SOFTWARE	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€32,111
31 Mar 2023	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€69,157
31 Mar 2023	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€26,740
31 Mar 2023	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€70,191
31 Mar 2023	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€32,801
31 Mar 2023	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€125,705
31 Mar 2023	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€57,072
31 Mar 2023	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€125,705
31 Mar 2023	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€25,769
31 Mar 2023	CDW LIMITED	LICENCES	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€936,820
31 Mar 2023	CODEC-DSS	COMPUTER SOFTWARE	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€45,375
31 Mar 2023	CODEC-DSS	COMPUTER SOFTWARE	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€68,062
31 Mar 2023	CODEC-DSS	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€29,769
31 Mar 2023	COLT TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LIMITED	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€68,826
31 Mar 2023	COLT TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LIMITED	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€68,826
31 Mar 2023	COLT TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LIMITED	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€68,826
31 Mar 2023	DAON	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€32,816
31 Mar 2023	DAON	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€32,816
31 Mar 2023	DAON	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€32,816
31 Mar 2023	DELL COMPUTER	OFFICE EQUIPMENT	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€22,632
31 Mar 2023	DELL COMPUTER	COMPUTER EQUIPMENT	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€31,365
31 Mar 2023	DELL COMPUTER	COMPUTER EQUIPMENT	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€58,588
31 Mar 2023	DELL COMPUTER	OFFICE & COMPUTER EQUIPMENT (MINOR, <€1,000)	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€32,472
31 Mar 2023	DELL COMPUTER	OFFICE & COMPUTER EQUIPMENT (MINOR, <€1,000)	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€37,392
31 Mar 2023	DELL COMPUTER	OFFICE EQUIPMENT	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€58,588
31 Mar 2023	DELL COMPUTER	OFFICE EQUIPMENT	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€58,588
31 Mar 2023	DELL COMPUTER	OFFICE EQUIPMENT	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€24,600
31 Mar 2023	DELL COMPUTER	OFFICE EQUIPMENT	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€58,588
31 Mar 2023	DELL COMPUTER	OFFICE EQUIPMENT	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€58,588
31 Mar 2023	ECOM SOLUTIONS LTD	OFFICE EQUIPMENT	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€100,045
31 Mar 2023	ECOM SOLUTIONS LTD	COMPUTER EQUIPMENT	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€59,678
31 Mar 2023	ECOM SOLUTIONS LTD	OFFICE & COMPUTER EQUIPMENT (MINOR, <€1,000)	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€34,371
31 Mar 2023	ECOM SOLUTIONS LTD	COMPUTER EQUIPMENT	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€35,966
31 Mar 2023	ELAVON FINANCIAL SERVICES DAC	BANK CHARGES	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€27,303
31 Mar 2023	ELAVON FINANCIAL SERVICES DAC	BANK CHARGES	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€72,628
31 Mar 2023	ELAVON FINANCIAL SERVICES DAC	BANK CHARGES	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€64,423
31 Mar 2023	ENTRUST LIMITED	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€75,584

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

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