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 2017	JK NETWORK ARCHITECTURE DESIGN LTD	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q2 2017	€34,682
30 Jun 2017	JK NETWORK ARCHITECTURE DESIGN LTD	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q2 2017	€38,227
30 Jun 2017	MJ CLARKE & SONS	RENTED PREMISES - MAJOR MAINTENANCE	Purchase Order	Q2 2017	€38,213
30 Jun 2017	PUCA TECHNOLOGIES LTD	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE ICT	Purchase Order	Q2 2017	€20,424
30 Jun 2017	VODAFONE IRELAND LIMITED	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q2 2017	€41,007
30 Jun 2017	VODAFONE IRELAND LIMITED	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q2 2017	€41,007
30 Jun 2017	VODAFONE IRELAND LIMITED	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q2 2017	€41,007
30 Jun 2017	VODAFONE IRELAND LIMITED	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q2 2017	€36,253
30 Jun 2017	VODAFONE IRELAND LIMITED	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q2 2017	€36,253
30 Jun 2017	VODAFONE IRELAND LIMITED	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q2 2017	€36,253
30 Jun 2017	WARD SOLUTIONS	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE ICT	Purchase Order	Q2 2017	€21,108
30 Jun 2017	ZERO DOWNTIME LTD	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q2 2017	€42,409
30 Jun 2017	ZERO DOWNTIME LTD	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q2 2017	€31,479
30 Jun 2017	ZERO DOWNTIME LTD	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q2 2017	€31,393
30 Jun 2018	ABSOLUTE GRAPHICS	LICENCES ICT	Purchase Order	Q2 2018	€55,350
30 Jun 2018	ABSOLUTE GRAPHICS	COMPUTER SOFTWARE	Purchase Order	Q2 2018	€22,140
30 Jun 2018	ABSOLUTE GRAPHICS	COMPUTER SOFTWARE	Purchase Order	Q2 2018	€26,445
30 Jun 2018	ACTION POINT INNOVATION LTD	COMPUTER SOFTWARE	Purchase Order	Q2 2018	€157,006
30 Jun 2018	ACTION POINT INNOVATION LTD	COMPUTER SOFTWARE	Purchase Order	Q2 2018	€68,871
30 Jun 2018	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q2 2018	€52,247
30 Jun 2018	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q2 2018	€174,322
30 Jun 2018	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q2 2018	€20,646
30 Jun 2018	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q2 2018	€82,180
30 Jun 2018	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q2 2018	€188,272
30 Jun 2018	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q2 2018	€46,278
30 Jun 2018	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q2 2018	€103,482
30 Jun 2018	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q2 2018	€20,976
30 Jun 2018	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q2 2018	€77,222
30 Jun 2018	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q2 2018	€223,359
30 Jun 2018	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q2 2018	€29,224
30 Jun 2018	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q2 2018	€109,016
30 Jun 2018	BEARING POINT	COMPUTER SOFTWARE	Purchase Order	Q2 2018	€51,660
30 Jun 2018	BEARING POINT	COMPUTER SOFTWARE	Purchase Order	Q2 2018	€51,660
30 Jun 2018	BEARING POINT	COMPUTER SOFTWARE	Purchase Order	Q2 2018	€128,357
30 Jun 2018	BEARING POINT	COMPUTER SOFTWARE	Purchase Order	Q2 2018	€163,529
30 Jun 2018	BEARING POINT	COMPUTER SOFTWARE	Purchase Order	Q2 2018	€158,545
30 Jun 2018	BEARING POINT	COMPUTER SOFTWARE	Purchase Order	Q2 2018	€134,187
30 Jun 2018	BEARING POINT	COMPUTER SOFTWARE	Purchase Order	Q2 2018	€51,660
30 Jun 2018	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE ICT	Purchase Order	Q2 2018	€123,729
30 Jun 2018	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE ICT	Purchase Order	Q2 2018	€54,194
30 Jun 2018	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE ICT	Purchase Order	Q2 2018	€121,974
30 Jun 2018	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE ICT	Purchase Order	Q2 2018	€121,974
30 Jun 2018	CLEARY CONTRACTING LTD	RENTED PREMISES - MAJOR MAINTENANCE- FIT-OUT	Purchase Order	Q2 2018	€73,277
30 Jun 2018	COLT TELECOM	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q2 2018	€27,262
30 Jun 2018	COLT TELECOM	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q2 2018	€22,269
30 Jun 2018	COLT TELECOM	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q2 2018	€22,269
30 Jun 2018	COLT TELECOM	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q2 2018	€27,262
30 Jun 2018	COLT TELECOM	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q2 2018	€27,262
30 Jun 2018	COLT TELECOM	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q2 2018	€22,269
30 Jun 2018	CORE FINANCIAL SYSTEMS LTD	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE ICT	Purchase Order	Q2 2018	€36,819

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

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