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 Sep 2013	PLANNET 21 COMMUNICATIONS LTD	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q3 2013	€56,642
30 Sep 2013	PREWRIL LTD	PRINTING AND STATIONERY	Purchase Order	Q3 2013	€155,895
30 Sep 2013	PREWRIL LTD	PRINTING AND STATIONERY	Purchase Order	Q3 2013	€27,771
30 Sep 2013	PREWRIL LTD	PRINTING AND STATIONERY	Purchase Order	Q3 2013	€63,345
30 Sep 2013	PT CONSULTING	ICT OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q3 2013	€73,800
30 Sep 2013	SAGEM IDENTIFICATION	PASSPORT BOOKLETS	Purchase Order	Q3 2013	€26,299
30 Sep 2013	SAGEM IDENTIFICATION	PASSPORT BOOKLETS	Purchase Order	Q3 2013	€314,025
30 Sep 2013	TERMINAL FOUR SOLUTIONS LTD	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q3 2013	€21,310
30 Sep 2013	TOMORROWS WORLD LTD	ICT OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q3 2013	€39,975
30 Sep 2013	TOMORROWS WORLD LTD	ICT OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q3 2013	€39,975
30 Sep 2013	TOMORROWS WORLD LTD	ICT OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q3 2013	€44,280
30 Sep 2014	02 COMMUNICATIONS	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€24,071
30 Sep 2014	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€143,190
30 Sep 2014	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€57,546
30 Sep 2014	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€178,823
30 Sep 2014	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€58,603
30 Sep 2014	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€44,673
30 Sep 2014	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€105,673
30 Sep 2014	B T IRELAND	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€57,220
30 Sep 2014	B T IRELAND	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€22,989
30 Sep 2014	B T IRELAND	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€24,031
30 Sep 2014	BEARING POINT	ICT OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€20,996
30 Sep 2014	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€169,675
30 Sep 2014	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€66,894
30 Sep 2014	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€169,675
30 Sep 2014	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€169,675
30 Sep 2014	COLT TELECOM	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€24,655
30 Sep 2014	COLT TELECOM	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€36,482
30 Sep 2014	COLT TELECOM	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€24,655
30 Sep 2014	COLT TELECOM	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€36,482
30 Sep 2014	COLT TELECOM	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€24,655
30 Sep 2014	COLT TELECOM	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€36,482
30 Sep 2014	CORE INTERNATIONAL LTD.(IRL)	ICT OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€20,230
30 Sep 2014	DATAPAC LTD	OFFICE & COMPUTER EQUIPMENT	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€51,942
30 Sep 2014	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	PASSPORT BOOKLETS	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€204,722
30 Sep 2014	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	PASSPORT BOOKLETS	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€51,362
30 Sep 2014	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	PASSPORT BOOKLETS	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€36,490
30 Sep 2014	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	PASSPORT BOOKLETS	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€24,095
30 Sep 2014	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	PASSPORT BOOKLETS	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€51,362
30 Sep 2014	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	PASSPORT BOOKLETS	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€204,659
30 Sep 2014	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	PASSPORT BOOKLETS	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€51,362
30 Sep 2014	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	PASSPORT BOOKLETS	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€51,426
30 Sep 2014	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	PASSPORT BOOKLETS	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€51,362
30 Sep 2014	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	PASSPORT BOOKLETS	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€204,595
30 Sep 2014	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	PASSPORT BOOKLETS	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€51,362
30 Sep 2014	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	PASSPORT BOOKLETS	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€51,362
30 Sep 2014	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	PASSPORT BOOKLETS	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€51,362
30 Sep 2014	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	PASSPORT BOOKLETS	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€204,531
30 Sep 2014	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	PASSPORT BOOKLETS	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€95,356
30 Sep 2014	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	PASSPORT BOOKLETS	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€51,362

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

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