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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2.9/5

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 2018	MEDIAVEST	PUBLIC RELATIONS AND ADVERTISING	Purchase Order	Q3 2018	€36,421
30 Sep 2018	MICROMAIL	LICENCES ICT	Purchase Order	Q3 2018	€62,752
30 Sep 2018	MICROMAIL	LICENCES ICT	Purchase Order	Q3 2018	€32,175
30 Sep 2018	PLANNET 21 COMMUNICATIONS LTD	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE ICT	Purchase Order	Q3 2018	€132,668
30 Sep 2018	VODAFONE IRELAND LIMITED	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q3 2018	€44,882
30 Sep 2018	VODAFONE IRELAND LIMITED	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q3 2018	€44,882
30 Sep 2018	VODAFONE IRELAND LIMITED	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q3 2018	€44,882
30 Sep 2018	VODAFONE IRELAND LIMITED	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q3 2018	€36,253
30 Sep 2018	VODAFONE IRELAND LIMITED	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q3 2018	€36,253
30 Sep 2018	ZERO DOWNTIME LTD	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q3 2018	€30,769
30 Sep 2018	ZERO DOWNTIME LTD	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q3 2018	€43,343
30 Sep 2018	ZERO DOWNTIME LTD	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q3 2018	€37,203
30 Sep 2019	ABSOLUTE GRAPHICS	COMPUTER SOFTWARE	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€21,064
30 Sep 2019	ABSOLUTE GRAPHICS	COMPUTER SOFTWARE	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€20,787
30 Sep 2019	ACCENT FACILITIES SOLUTIONS LTD	CLEANING CONTRACTS (CHANCERIES)	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€22,504
30 Sep 2019	ACCENT FACILITIES SOLUTIONS LTD	CLEANING CONTRACTS (CHANCERIES)	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€22,504
30 Sep 2019	ACCENT FACILITIES SOLUTIONS LTD	CLEANING CONTRACTS (CHANCERIES)	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€22,504
30 Sep 2019	ACTION POINT INNOVATION LTD	COMPUTER SOFTWARE	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€58,496
30 Sep 2019	ACTION POINT INNOVATION LTD	COMPUTER SOFTWARE	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€68,431
30 Sep 2019	AIM INTERNATIONAL MOVING LTD	REMOVAL / STORAGE COSTS	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€20,072
30 Sep 2019	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€105,214
30 Sep 2019	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€87,417
30 Sep 2019	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€95,686
30 Sep 2019	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€240,329
30 Sep 2019	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€231,058
30 Sep 2019	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€169,485
30 Sep 2019	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€131,539
30 Sep 2019	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€169,996
30 Sep 2019	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€33,820
30 Sep 2019	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€45,547
30 Sep 2019	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€149,936
30 Sep 2019	BEARING POINT	LICENCES	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€32,029
30 Sep 2019	BEARING POINT	COMPUTER SOFTWARE	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€41,759
30 Sep 2019	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€121,974
30 Sep 2019	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€125,569
30 Sep 2019	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€55,122
30 Sep 2019	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€121,350
30 Sep 2019	BEARING POINT	COMPUTER SOFTWARE	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€25,943
30 Sep 2019	BEARING POINT	COMPUTER SOFTWARE	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€20,104
30 Sep 2019	BEARING POINT	COMPUTER SOFTWARE	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€27,181
30 Sep 2019	BEARING POINT	COMPUTER SOFTWARE	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€147,600
30 Sep 2019	CAPITA IB SOLUTIONS (IRELAND) LTD	COMPUTER SOFTWARE	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€22,037
30 Sep 2019	CODEC-DSS	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€20,335
30 Sep 2019	CODEC-DSS	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€27,340
30 Sep 2019	CODEC-DSS	LICENCES	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€20,041
30 Sep 2019	COLT TELECOM	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€27,877
30 Sep 2019	COLT TELECOM	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€22,269
30 Sep 2019	COLT TELECOM	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€22,269
30 Sep 2019	COLT TELECOM	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€27,877
30 Sep 2019	COLT TELECOM	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€22,269

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

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