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

Machine readable 0.0/1

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 2023	ESB ELECTRIC IRELAND	ELECTRICITY & OTHER ENERGY COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€24,044
31 Mar 2023	ESB ELECTRIC IRELAND	ELECTRICITY & OTHER ENERGY COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€23,468
31 Mar 2023	ESB ELECTRIC IRELAND	ELECTRICITY & OTHER ENERGY COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€22,415
31 Mar 2023	INTEGRITY SOLUTIONS LTD	LICENCES	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€23,365
31 Mar 2023	ISAS	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€143,566
31 Mar 2023	IT ROLLOUT CONSULTANCY	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€77,970
31 Mar 2023	IT ROLLOUT CONSULTANCY	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€81,537
31 Mar 2023	JK NETWORK ARCHITECTURE DESIGN LTD	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€55,477
31 Mar 2023	JK NETWORK ARCHITECTURE DESIGN LTD	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€74,338
31 Mar 2023	JK NETWORK ARCHITECTURE DESIGN LTD	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€62,822
31 Mar 2023	MARLINK SAS AS USD	COMPUTER EQUIPMENT	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€24,444
31 Mar 2023	OPTIMUM CHAUFFEUR DRIVE	GROUND TRANSPORTATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€33,366
31 Mar 2023	OTTO KUNNECKE GmbH	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€80,319
31 Mar 2023	OTTO KUNNECKE GmbH	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€192,249
31 Mar 2023	STORM TECHNOLOGY LTD	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€28,983
31 Mar 2023	VODAFONECIRCU	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€50,627
31 Mar 2023	VODAFONECIRCU	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€65,923
31 Mar 2023	VODAFONECIRCU	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€85,428
31 Mar 2023	ZERO DOWNTIME LTD	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€64,501
31 Mar 2023	ZERO DOWNTIME LTD	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€84,625
31 Mar 2023	ZERO DOWNTIME LTD	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€74,120
31 Mar 2024	ACCENT FACILITIES SOLUTIONS LTD	CLEANING CONTRACTS (HQ)	Purchase Order	Q1 2024	€24,739
31 Mar 2024	ACCENT FACILITIES SOLUTIONS LTD	CLEANING CONTRACTS (HQ)	Purchase Order	Q1 2024	€27,005
31 Mar 2024	ACCENT FACILITIES SOLUTIONS LTD	CLEANING CONTRACTS (HQ)	Purchase Order	Q1 2024	€30,034
31 Mar 2024	ACCENT FACILITIES SOLUTIONS LTD	CLEANING CONTRACTS (HQ)	Purchase Order	Q1 2024	€30,793
31 Mar 2024	ACCENT FACILITIES SOLUTIONS LTD	CLEANING CONTRACTS (HQ)	Purchase Order	Q1 2024	€29,899
31 Mar 2024	ACCENT FACILITIES SOLUTIONS LTD	CLEANING CONTRACTS (HQ)	Purchase Order	Q1 2024	€26,092
31 Mar 2024	ACTION POINT INNOVATION LTD	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2024	€27,921
31 Mar 2024	AIM INTERNATIONAL MOVING LTD	REMOVAL / STORAGE COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2024	€62,799
31 Mar 2024	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2024	€313,722
31 Mar 2024	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2024	€522,896
31 Mar 2024	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2024	€617,700
31 Mar 2024	AN POST MAILS REVENUE	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2024	€197,155
31 Mar 2024	AN POST MAILS REVENUE	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2024	€28,169
31 Mar 2024	AN POST MAILS REVENUE	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2024	€31,246
31 Mar 2024	AN POST MAILS REVENUE	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2024	€184,839
31 Mar 2024	AN POST MAILS REVENUE	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2024	€57,611
31 Mar 2024	ARPIN INTERNATIONAL IRELAND	REMOVAL / STORAGE COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2024	€40,295
31 Mar 2024	BT IRELAND	TELECOMMUNICATIONS COSTS & INTERNET	Purchase Order	Q1 2024	€22,069
31 Mar 2024	BT IRELAND	TELECOMMUNICATIONS COSTS & INTERNET	Purchase Order	Q1 2024	€22,250
31 Mar 2024	BT IRELAND	TELECOMMUNICATIONS COSTS & INTERNET	Purchase Order	Q1 2024	€23,379
31 Mar 2024	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2024	€72,260
31 Mar 2024	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2024	€129,135
31 Mar 2024	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2024	€129,867
31 Mar 2024	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2024	€57,612
31 Mar 2024	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2024	€26,008
31 Mar 2024	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2024	€20,413
31 Mar 2024	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2024	€27,922
31 Mar 2024	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2024	€27,579
31 Mar 2024	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2024	€129,867

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