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

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58% transparent

Machine readable 0.0/1

Descriptions 1.0/1

Uniqueness 0.5/1

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Payment date^*	Supplier	Description	Kind	Publication	Amount
30 Jun 2013	SAGEM IDENTIFICATION	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q2 2013	€25,412
30 Jun 2013	SAGEM IDENTIFICATION	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q2 2013	€31,257
30 Jun 2013	TELSTRA EUROPE LTD	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q2 2013	€42,396
30 Jun 2013	TELSTRA EUROPE LTD	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q2 2013	€31,707
30 Jun 2013	TELSTRA EUROPE LTD	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q2 2013	€42,396
30 Jun 2013	TERMINAL FOUR SOLUTIONS LTD	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q2 2013	€74,224
30 Jun 2013	TOMORROWS WORLD LTD	ICT OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q2 2013	€44,280
30 Jun 2013	TOMORROWS WORLD LTD	ICT OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q2 2013	€44,280
30 Jun 2013	TOMORROWS WORLD LTD	ICT OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q2 2013	€44,280
30 Jun 2014	02 COMMUNICATIONS	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q2 2014	€27,983
30 Jun 2014	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q2 2014	€47,760
30 Jun 2014	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q2 2014	€150,044
30 Jun 2014	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q2 2014	€137,958
30 Jun 2014	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q2 2014	€48,732
30 Jun 2014	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q2 2014	€191,014
30 Jun 2014	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q2 2014	€63,710
30 Jun 2014	B T IRELAND	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q2 2014	€24,031
30 Jun 2014	B T IRELAND	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q2 2014	€22,989
30 Jun 2014	B T IRELAND	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q2 2014	€61,229
30 Jun 2014	B T IRELAND	OFFICE & COMPUTER EQUIPMENT (MINOR, <€1,000)	Purchase Order	Q2 2014	€23,136
30 Jun 2014	B T IRELAND	OFFICE & COMPUTER EQUIPMENT (MINOR, <€1,000)	Purchase Order	Q2 2014	€71,723
30 Jun 2014	BEARING POINT	COMP. EQUIPMENT NEW (VALUE OF NEW COMP. EQ.)	Purchase Order	Q2 2014	€38,797
30 Jun 2014	BEARING POINT	OFFICE EQUIPMENT CONSUMABLES & MAINTENANCE	Purchase Order	Q2 2014	€169,675
30 Jun 2014	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q2 2014	€95,018
30 Jun 2014	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q2 2014	€217,821
30 Jun 2014	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q2 2014	€169,675
30 Jun 2014	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q2 2014	€28,457
30 Jun 2014	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q2 2014	€169,675
30 Jun 2014	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q2 2014	€40,271
30 Jun 2014	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q2 2014	€47,383
30 Jun 2014	COLT TELECOM	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q2 2014	€24,655
30 Jun 2014	COLT TELECOM	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q2 2014	€36,482
30 Jun 2014	COLT TELECOM	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q2 2014	€24,655
30 Jun 2014	COLT TELECOM	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q2 2014	€36,482
30 Jun 2014	COLT TELECOM	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q2 2014	€29,910
30 Jun 2014	COLT TELECOM	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q2 2014	€36,482
30 Jun 2014	CW SYSTEMS INTEGRATION	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q2 2014	€21,617
30 Jun 2014	DATASAT COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q2 2014	€21,832
30 Jun 2014	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	PASSPORT BOOKLETS	Purchase Order	Q2 2014	€50,917
30 Jun 2014	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	PASSPORT BOOKLETS	Purchase Order	Q2 2014	€51,362
30 Jun 2014	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	PASSPORT BOOKLETS	Purchase Order	Q2 2014	€51,362
30 Jun 2014	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	PASSPORT BOOKLETS	Purchase Order	Q2 2014	€51,362
30 Jun 2014	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	PASSPORT BOOKLETS	Purchase Order	Q2 2014	€153,727
30 Jun 2014	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	PASSPORT BOOKLETS	Purchase Order	Q2 2014	€51,362
30 Jun 2014	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	PASSPORT BOOKLETS	Purchase Order	Q2 2014	€204,540
30 Jun 2014	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	PASSPORT BOOKLETS	Purchase Order	Q2 2014	€51,362
30 Jun 2014	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	PASSPORT BOOKLETS	Purchase Order	Q2 2014	€51,362
30 Jun 2014	DELL COMPUTER	COMP. EQUIPMENT NEW (VALUE OF NEW COMP. EQ.)	Purchase Order	Q2 2014	€33,103
30 Jun 2014	DELL COMPUTER	COMP. EQUIPMENT NEW (VALUE OF NEW COMP. EQ.)	Purchase Order	Q2 2014	€25,946
30 Jun 2014	ECA INTERNATIONAL	MEMBERSHIP FEES	Purchase Order	Q2 2014	€40,236

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

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