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 2016	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	PASSPORT BOOKLETS	Purchase Order	Q3 2016	€559,384
30 Sep 2016	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	PASSPORT BOOKLETS	Purchase Order	Q3 2016	€559,384
30 Sep 2016	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	PASSPORT BOOKLETS	Purchase Order	Q3 2016	€31,506
30 Sep 2016	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	PASSPORT BOOKLETS	Purchase Order	Q3 2016	€610,237
30 Sep 2016	DELL COMPUTER	COMP. EQUIPMENT NEW (VALUE OF NEW COMP. EQ.)	Purchase Order	Q3 2016	€152,757
30 Sep 2016	DELL COMPUTER	COMP. EQUIPMENT NEW (VALUE OF NEW COMP. EQ.)	Purchase Order	Q3 2016	€41,352
30 Sep 2016	DELL COMPUTER	COMP. EQUIPMENT NEW (VALUE OF NEW COMP. EQ.)	Purchase Order	Q3 2016	€31,619
30 Sep 2016	DELL COMPUTER	COMP. EQUIPMENT NEW (VALUE OF NEW COMP. EQ.)	Purchase Order	Q3 2016	€39,254
30 Sep 2016	DELL COMPUTER	COMP. EQUIPMENT NEW (VALUE OF NEW COMP. EQ.)	Purchase Order	Q3 2016	€37,782
30 Sep 2016	DELL COMPUTER	COMP. EQUIPMENT NEW (VALUE OF NEW COMP. EQ.)	Purchase Order	Q3 2016	€84,525
30 Sep 2016	ECONOMIST INTELLIGENCE UNIT	ELECTRONIC SUBSCRIPTIONS	Purchase Order	Q3 2016	€72,483
30 Sep 2016	EIR	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q3 2016	€47,632
30 Sep 2016	EIRCOM AGENCY ACCOUNT	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q3 2016	€150,367
30 Sep 2016	EIRCOM AGENCY ACCOUNT	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q3 2016	€150,307
30 Sep 2016	ERGO SERVICES LTD.	COMMUNICATIONS EQUIP (VALUE OF NEW COMMS. EQUIP.)	Purchase Order	Q3 2016	€32,251
30 Sep 2016	IT ROLLOUT CONSULTANCY	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q3 2016	€43,508
30 Sep 2016	IT ROLLOUT CONSULTANCY	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q3 2016	€42,665
30 Sep 2016	IT ROLLOUT CONSULTANCY	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q3 2016	€43,508
30 Sep 2016	JK NETWORK ARCHITECTURE DESIGN LTD	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q3 2016	€32,069
30 Sep 2016	JK NETWORK ARCHITECTURE DESIGN LTD	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q3 2016	€38,617
30 Sep 2016	JK NETWORK ARCHITECTURE DESIGN LTD	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q3 2016	€37,872
30 Sep 2016	MICROMAIL	LICENCES	Purchase Order	Q3 2016	€73,559
30 Sep 2016	MICROMAIL	LICENCES	Purchase Order	Q3 2016	€22,315
30 Sep 2016	PLANNET 21 COMMUNICATIONS LTD	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q3 2016	€97,760
30 Sep 2016	DC KAVANAGH	PRINTING AND STATIONERY	Purchase Order	Q3 2016	€74,618
30 Sep 2016	DC KAVANAGH	PRINTING AND STATIONERY	Purchase Order	Q3 2016	€173,355
30 Sep 2016	STOOF INTERNATIONAL	VEHICLES (GROSS VALUE OF NEW VEHICLE)	Purchase Order	Q3 2016	€99,000
30 Sep 2016	ZERO DOWNTIME LTD	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q3 2016	€33,720
30 Sep 2016	ZERO DOWNTIME LTD	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q3 2016	€40,774
30 Sep 2016	ZERO DOWNTIME LTD	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q3 2016	€34,776
30 Sep 2017	ACTION POINT INNOVATION LTD	COMPUTER SOFTWARE	Purchase Order	Q3 2017	€21,513
30 Sep 2017	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q3 2017	€216,835
30 Sep 2017	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q3 2017	€85,483
30 Sep 2017	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q3 2017	€62,532
30 Sep 2017	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q3 2017	€167,040
30 Sep 2017	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q3 2017	€63,870
30 Sep 2017	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q3 2017	€57,524
30 Sep 2017	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q3 2017	€136,145
30 Sep 2017	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q3 2017	€52,796
30 Sep 2017	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q3 2017	€53,690
30 Sep 2017	B T IRELAND	COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT	Purchase Order	Q3 2017	€24,702
30 Sep 2017	B T IRELAND	COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT	Purchase Order	Q3 2017	€24,375
30 Sep 2017	B T IRELAND	COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT	Purchase Order	Q3 2017	€21,513
30 Sep 2017	BEARING POINT	COMPUTER SOFTWARE	Purchase Order	Q3 2017	€139,983
30 Sep 2017	BEARING POINT	COMPUTER SOFTWARE	Purchase Order	Q3 2017	€122,237
30 Sep 2017	BEARING POINT	COMPUTER SOFTWARE	Purchase Order	Q3 2017	€119,455
30 Sep 2017	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (ICT)	Purchase Order	Q3 2017	€130,576
30 Sep 2017	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (ICT)	Purchase Order	Q3 2017	€136,220
30 Sep 2017	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (ICT)	Purchase Order	Q3 2017	€31,346
30 Sep 2017	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (ICT)	Purchase Order	Q3 2017	€136,220

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