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 2019	COLT TELECOM	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€27,877
30 Sep 2019	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	PASSPORT BOOKLETS	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€265,782
30 Sep 2019	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	PASSPORT BOOKLETS	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€101,401
30 Sep 2019	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	PASSPORT BOOKLETS	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€962,352
30 Sep 2019	DELL COMPUTER	OFFICE EQUIPMENT	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€56,580
30 Sep 2019	DELL COMPUTER	OFFICE EQUIPMENT	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€56,580
30 Sep 2019	DELL COMPUTER	OFFICE EQUIPMENT	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€56,580
30 Sep 2019	DELL COMPUTER	OFFICE EQUIPMENT	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€56,580
30 Sep 2019	DELL COMPUTER	OFFICE EQUIPMENT	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€56,580
30 Sep 2019	DELL COMPUTER	OFFICE EQUIPMENT	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€56,580
30 Sep 2019	FARRELL BROTHERS (ARDEE) LTD	RENTED PREMISES - MAJOR MAINTENANCE ONLY	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€37,097
30 Sep 2019	ICT SERVICES	OFFICE EQUIPMENT	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€534,710
30 Sep 2019	ICT SERVICES	COMPUTER EQUIPMENT	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€25,290
30 Sep 2019	ICT SERVICES	COMPUTER EQUIPMENT	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€83,085
30 Sep 2019	ICT SERVICES	COMPUTER EQUIPMENT	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€32,667
30 Sep 2019	INTEGRITY SOLUTIONS LTD	OFFICE EQUIPMENT	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€35,888
30 Sep 2019	IT ROLLOUT CONSULTANCY	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€52,628
30 Sep 2019	IT ROLLOUT CONSULTANCY	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€48,815
30 Sep 2019	IT ROLLOUT CONSULTANCY	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€52,628
30 Sep 2019	JK NETWORK ARCHITECTURE DESIGN LTD	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€42,222
30 Sep 2019	JK NETWORK ARCHITECTURE DESIGN LTD	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€41,750
30 Sep 2019	JK NETWORK ARCHITECTURE DESIGN LTD	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€36,766
30 Sep 2019	KNIGHTS CATERING	CONFERENCE & SEMINAR FEES	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€29,210
30 Sep 2019	MERCER IRELAND LTD	OTHER PROFESSIONAL FEES	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€26,568
30 Sep 2019	PHQSDATAS	Datasat Communications Limited	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€26,070
30 Sep 2019	PHQSDATAS	Datasat Communications Limited	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€26,070
30 Sep 2019	PLANNET 21 COMMUNICATIONS LTD	OFFICE & COMPUTER EQUIPMENT (MINOR, <€1,000)	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€22,085
30 Sep 2019	PLANNET 21 COMMUNICATIONS LTD	COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€41,549
30 Sep 2019	PLANNET 21 COMMUNICATIONS LTD	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€132,668
30 Sep 2019	PREWRIL LTD	PRINTING AND STATIONERY	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€87,822
30 Sep 2019	PREWRIL LTD	PRINTING AND STATIONERY	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€36,604
30 Sep 2019	PREWRIL LTD	PRINTING AND STATIONERY	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€40,298
30 Sep 2019	PREWRIL LTD	PRINTING AND STATIONERY	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€26,046
30 Sep 2019	PREWRIL LTD	PRINTING AND STATIONERY	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€53,622
30 Sep 2019	PREWRIL LTD	PRINTING AND STATIONERY	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€71,763
30 Sep 2019	RAISE A CONCERN LIMITED	OTHER PROFESSIONAL FEES	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€46,204
30 Sep 2019	ROYAL INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS	PREMISES PROFESSIONAL FEES	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€39,490
30 Sep 2019	ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY	DOCUMENTS ON IRISH FOREIGN POLICY	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€34,509
30 Sep 2019	VODAFONE IRELAND LIMITED	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€44,882
30 Sep 2019	VODAFONE IRELAND LIMITED	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€44,882
30 Sep 2019	VODAFONE IRELAND LIMITED	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€36,253
30 Sep 2019	VODAFONE IRELAND LIMITED	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€36,253
30 Sep 2019	ZERO DOWNTIME LTD	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€49,201
30 Sep 2019	ZERO DOWNTIME LTD	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€51,942
30 Sep 2019	ZERO DOWNTIME LTD	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€36,754
30 Sep 2019	ZINOPY	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€24,614
30 Sep 2020	ABSOLUTE GRAPHICS	COMPUTER SOFTWARE	Purchase Order	Q3 2020	€67,650
30 Sep 2020	ABSOLUTE GRAPHICS	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q3 2020	€25,584
30 Sep 2020	ACTION POINT INNOVATION LTD	COMPUTER SOFTWARE	Purchase Order	Q3 2020	€41,568
30 Sep 2020	ACTION POINT TECHNOLOGY LTD	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q3 2020	€22,984

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

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