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.

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58% transparent

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Descriptions 1.0/1

Uniqueness 0.5/1

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Payment date^*	Supplier	Description	Kind	Publication	Amount
30 Sep 2014	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	PASSPORT BOOKLETS	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€458,387
30 Sep 2014	DELL COMPUTER	COMP. EQUIPMENT NEW (VALUE OF NEW COMP. EQ.)	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€36,064
30 Sep 2014	DELL COMPUTER	COMP. EQUIPMENT NEW (VALUE OF NEW COMP. EQ.)	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€555,379
30 Sep 2014	DELL COMPUTER	COMP. EQUIPMENT NEW (VALUE OF NEW COMP. EQ.)	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€43,276
30 Sep 2014	DELL COMPUTER	COMP. EQUIPMENT NEW (VALUE OF NEW COMP. EQ.)	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€23,311
30 Sep 2014	ECO SUPPORT	CLEANING CONTRACTS	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€31,128
30 Sep 2014	ECO SUPPORT	CLEANING CONTRACTS	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€28,732
30 Sep 2014	ECO SUPPORT	CLEANING CONTRACTS	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€28,732
30 Sep 2014	ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT	ELECTRONIC SUBSCRIPTIONS	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€52,533
30 Sep 2014	EIRCOM AGENCY ACCOUNT	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€150,337
30 Sep 2014	EIRCOM LTD	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€30,036
30 Sep 2014	FRANK GLENNON LTD	REMOVAL / STORAGE COSTS (INSURANCE)	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€72,500
30 Sep 2014	IAI INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS B.V.	OFFICE EQUIPMENT NEW	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€165,435
30 Sep 2014	IAI INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS B.V.	OFFICE EQUIPMENT NEW	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€165,435
30 Sep 2014	INTEGRITY SOLUTIONS LTD	COMP. EQUIPMENT NEW	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€36,506
30 Sep 2014	IT ROLLOUT CONSULTANCY	ICT OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€30,329
30 Sep 2014	IT ROLLOUT CONSULTANCY	ICT OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€30,713
30 Sep 2014	IT ROLLOUT CONSULTANCY	ICT OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€32,248
30 Sep 2014	IT ROLLOUT CONSULTANCY	ICT OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€28,025
30 Sep 2014	JK NETWORK ARCHITECTURE DESIGN LTD	ICT OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€27,552
30 Sep 2014	JK NETWORK ARCHITECTURE DESIGN LTD	ICT OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€25,529
30 Sep 2014	JK NETWORK ARCHITECTURE DESIGN LTD	ICT OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€26,144
30 Sep 2014	MICROMAIL	LICENCES	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€65,523
30 Sep 2014	PLANNET 21 COMMUNICATIONS LTD	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€72,526
30 Sep 2014	PREWRIL LTD	PRINTING AND STATIONERY	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€63,579
30 Sep 2014	PREWRIL LTD	PRINTING AND STATIONERY	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€63,579
30 Sep 2014	PREWRIL LTD	PRINTING AND STATIONERY	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€38,147
30 Sep 2014	PREWRIL LTD	PRINTING AND STATIONERY	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€89,010
30 Sep 2014	TOMORROWS WORLD LTD	ICT OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€44,280
30 Sep 2014	TOMORROWS WORLD LTD	ICT OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€44,280
30 Sep 2014	TOMORROWS WORLD LTD	ICT OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q3 2014	€44,280
30 Sep 2015	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q3 2015	€52,203
30 Sep 2015	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q3 2015	€194,302
30 Sep 2015	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q3 2015	€49,585
30 Sep 2015	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q3 2015	€178,879
30 Sep 2015	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q3 2015	€55,315
30 Sep 2015	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q3 2015	€128,990
30 Sep 2015	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q3 2015	€34,907
30 Sep 2015	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q3 2015	€63,643
30 Sep 2015	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q3 2015	€117,044
30 Sep 2015	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q3 2015	€78,777
30 Sep 2015	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q3 2015	€117,044
30 Sep 2015	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q3 2015	€52,468
30 Sep 2015	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q3 2015	€134,534
30 Sep 2015	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q3 2015	€31,334
30 Sep 2015	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q3 2015	€168,711
30 Sep 2015	BMW AG	VEHICLES (GROSS VALUE OF NEW VEHICLE)	Purchase Order	Q3 2015	€31,115
30 Sep 2015	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	PASSPORT BOOKLETS	Purchase Order	Q3 2015	€456,970
30 Sep 2015	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	PASSPORT BOOKLETS	Purchase Order	Q3 2015	€114,611
30 Sep 2015	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	PASSPORT BOOKLETS	Purchase Order	Q3 2015	€203,098

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

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