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
30 Jun 2016	JK NETWORK ARCHITECTURE DESIGN LTD	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q2 2016	€30,438
30 Jun 2016	PFH TECHNOLOGY	COMPUTER EQUIPMENT	Purchase Order	Q2 2016	€28,062
30 Jun 2016	PFH TECHNOLOGY	COMPUTER EQUIPMENT	Purchase Order	Q2 2016	€43,173
30 Jun 2016	PLANNET 21 COMMUNICATIONS LTD	COMPUTER EQUIPMENT	Purchase Order	Q2 2016	€26,371
30 Jun 2016	DC KAVANAGH	PRINTING AND STATIONERY	Purchase Order	Q2 2016	€111,802
30 Jun 2016	DC KAVANAGH	PRINTING AND STATIONERY	Purchase Order	Q2 2016	€33,917
30 Jun 2016	DC KAVANAGH	PRINTING AND STATIONERY	Purchase Order	Q2 2016	€33,776
30 Jun 2016	ZERO DOWNTIME LTD	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q2 2016	€32,991
30 Jun 2016	ZERO DOWNTIME LTD	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q2 2016	€37,546
30 Jun 2016	ZERO DOWNTIME LTD	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q2 2016	€31,396
30 Jun 2017	ACTION POINT INNOVATION LTD	COMPUTER SOFTWARE	Purchase Order	Q2 2017	€47,300
30 Jun 2017	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q2 2017	€176,595
30 Jun 2017	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q2 2017	€68,114
30 Jun 2017	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q2 2017	€61,531
30 Jun 2017	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q2 2017	€153,057
30 Jun 2017	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q2 2017	€36,367
30 Jun 2017	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q2 2017	€76,262
30 Jun 2017	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q2 2017	€213,943
30 Jun 2017	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q2 2017	€21,055
30 Jun 2017	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q2 2017	€65,785
30 Jun 2017	B T IRELAND	OFFICE & COMPUTER EQUIPMENT	Purchase Order	Q2 2017	€24,821
30 Jun 2017	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE ICT	Purchase Order	Q2 2017	€30,135
30 Jun 2017	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE ICT	Purchase Order	Q2 2017	€121,582
30 Jun 2017	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE ICT	Purchase Order	Q2 2017	€21,033
30 Jun 2017	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE ICT	Purchase Order	Q2 2017	€121,582
30 Jun 2017	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE ICT	Purchase Order	Q2 2017	€121,582
30 Jun 2017	BEARING POINT	COMPUTER SOFTWARE	Purchase Order	Q2 2017	€270,867
30 Jun 2017	BEARING POINT	COMPUTER SOFTWARE	Purchase Order	Q2 2017	€229,872
30 Jun 2017	BEARING POINT	COMPUTER SOFTWARE	Purchase Order	Q2 2017	€168,315
30 Jun 2017	BEARING POINT	COMPUTER SOFTWARE	Purchase Order	Q2 2017	€175,781
30 Jun 2017	COLT TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LIMITED	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q2 2017	€22,974
30 Jun 2017	COLT TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LIMITED	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q2 2017	€28,767
30 Jun 2017	COLT TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LIMITED	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q2 2017	€28,767
30 Jun 2017	COLT TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LIMITED	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q2 2017	€23,897
30 Jun 2017	COLT TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LIMITED	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q2 2017	€28,767
30 Jun 2017	COLT TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LIMITED	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q2 2017	€22,974
30 Jun 2017	COLT TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LIMITED	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q2 2017	€22,974
30 Jun 2017	COLT TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LIMITED	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q2 2017	€24,961
30 Jun 2017	COLT TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LIMITED	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q2 2017	€22,428
30 Jun 2017	COLT TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LIMITED	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q2 2017	€26,237
30 Jun 2017	CW SYSTEMS INTEGRATION	LICENCES ICT	Purchase Order	Q2 2017	€32,251
30 Jun 2017	DATASAT COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q2 2017	€28,413
30 Jun 2017	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	PASSPORT BOOKLETS	Purchase Order	Q2 2017	€558,518
30 Jun 2017	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	PASSPORT BOOKLETS	Purchase Order	Q2 2017	€456,970
30 Jun 2017	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	PASSPORT BOOKLETS	Purchase Order	Q2 2017	€456,970
30 Jun 2017	DELL COMPUTER	OFFICE & COMPUTER EQUIPMENT	Purchase Order	Q2 2017	€32,521
30 Jun 2017	IT ROLLOUT CONSULTANCY	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q2 2017	€39,837
30 Jun 2017	IT ROLLOUT CONSULTANCY	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q2 2017	€39,837
30 Jun 2017	IT ROLLOUT CONSULTANCY	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q2 2017	€39,837
30 Jun 2017	JK NETWORK ARCHITECTURE DESIGN LTD	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q2 2017	€50,174

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

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