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
31 Mar 2015	ECOM SOLUTIONS LTD	COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT	Purchase Order	Q1 2015	€82,140
31 Mar 2015	INTEGRITY SOLUTIONS LTD	COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT	Purchase Order	Q1 2015	€44,895
31 Mar 2015	ROLLOUT CONSULTANCY	loursourcins IT	Purchase Order	Q1 2015	€30,713
31 Mar 2015	ROLLOUT CONSULTANCY	loursourcine FT	Purchase Order	Q1 2015	€30,713
31 Mar 2015	DESIGN LTD	loutsourcine JK NETWORK ARCHITECTURE	Purchase Order	Q1 2015	€26,660
31 Mar 2015	DESIGN LTD	loutsourciNG JK NETWORK ARCHITECTURE	Purchase Order	Q1 2015	€31,242
31 Mar 2015	(17) MICROMAIL	LICENCES	Purchase Order	Q1 2015	€506,571
31 Mar 2016	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€57,227
31 Mar 2016	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€61,956
31 Mar 2016	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€112,745
31 Mar 2016	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€45,777
31 Mar 2016	B T IRELAND	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€50,620
31 Mar 2016	B T IRELAND	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€72,437
31 Mar 2016	B T IRELAND	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€20,627
31 Mar 2016	B T IRELAND	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€34,908
31 Mar 2016	BEARING POINT	COMPUTER SOFTWARE	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€103,320
31 Mar 2016	BEARING POINT	COMPUTER SOFTWARE	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€130,380
31 Mar 2016	BEARING POINT	COMPUTER SOFTWARE	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€51,660
31 Mar 2016	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€124,310
31 Mar 2016	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€100,891
31 Mar 2016	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€66,330
31 Mar 2016	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€117,297
31 Mar 2016	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€124,310
31 Mar 2016	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€25,107
31 Mar 2016	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€75,165
31 Mar 2016	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€124,310
31 Mar 2016	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€48,479
31 Mar 2016	COLT TELECOM	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€39,461
31 Mar 2016	COLT TELECOM	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€23,700
31 Mar 2016	COLT TELECOM	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€37,844
31 Mar 2016	COLT TELECOM	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€20,434
31 Mar 2016	COLT TELECOM	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€25,859
31 Mar 2016	COLT TELECOM	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€37,844
31 Mar 2016	DATASAT COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€182,632
31 Mar 2016	DATASAT COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€166,518
31 Mar 2016	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	PASSPORT BOOKLETS	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€456,970
31 Mar 2016	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	PASSPORT BOOKLETS	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€304,646
31 Mar 2016	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	PASSPORT BOOKLETS	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€40,142
31 Mar 2016	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	PASSPORT BOOKLETS	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€1,048,846
31 Mar 2016	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	PASSPORT BOOKLETS	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€305,119
31 Mar 2016	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€118,909
31 Mar 2016	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€64,516
31 Mar 2016	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€292,944
31 Mar 2016	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€110,920
31 Mar 2016	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€163,252
31 Mar 2016	DELL COMPUTER	COMPUTER EQUIPMENT	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€29,688
31 Mar 2016	DELL COMPUTER	COMPUTER EQUIPMENT	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€26,683
31 Mar 2016	DELL COMPUTER	COMPUTER EQUIPMENT	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€26,683
31 Mar 2016	DELL COMPUTER	COMPUTER EQUIPMENT	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€47,251
31 Mar 2016	DELL COMPUTER	COMPUTER EQUIPMENT	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€47,251

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

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