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 2016	DELL COMPUTER	COMPUTER EQUIPMENT	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€23,394
31 Mar 2016	EIRCOM AGENCY ACCOUNT	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€150,337
31 Mar 2016	IAI INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS B.V.	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€41,820
31 Mar 2016	ICT SERVICES	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€21,060
31 Mar 2016	IT ROLLOUT CONSULTANCY	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€43,508
31 Mar 2016	IT ROLLOUT CONSULTANCY	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€43,508
31 Mar 2016	IT ROLLOUT CONSULTANCY	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€43,508
31 Mar 2016	JK NETWORK ARCHITECTURE DESIGN LTD	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€31,783
31 Mar 2016	JK NETWORK ARCHITECTURE DESIGN LTD	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€33,515
31 Mar 2016	MICROMAIL	LICENCES	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€506,571
31 Mar 2016	ORACLE EMEA LTD	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€76,915
31 Mar 2016	PFH TECHNOLOGY	COMPUTER EQUIPMENT	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€30,566
31 Mar 2016	DC KAVANAGH	PRINTING AND STATIONERY	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€57,785
31 Mar 2016	DC KAVANAGH	PRINTING AND STATIONERY	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€40,450
31 Mar 2016	DC KAVANAGH	PRINTING AND STATIONERY	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€25,124
31 Mar 2016	DC KAVANAGH	PRINTING AND STATIONERY	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€149,186
31 Mar 2016	DC KAVANAGH	PRINTING AND STATIONERY	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€84,165
31 Mar 2016	RAISE A CONCERN LIMITED	PROFESSIONAL SERVICES	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€28,511
31 Mar 2016	ZERO DOWNTIME LTD	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€38,811
31 Mar 2016	ZERO DOWNTIME LTD	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q1 2016	€27,306
31 Mar 2017	ABSOLUTE GRAPHICS	LICENCES IT	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€55,350
31 Mar 2017	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€47,853
31 Mar 2017	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€20,032
31 Mar 2017	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€69,021
31 Mar 2017	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€54,715
31 Mar 2017	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€128,658
31 Mar 2017	B T IRELAND	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€34,452
31 Mar 2017	BEARING POINT	LICENCES IT	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€103,918
31 Mar 2017	BEARING POINT	SOFTWARE IT	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€191,876
31 Mar 2017	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE IT	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€122,269
31 Mar 2017	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE IT	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€122,269
31 Mar 2017	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE IT	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€122,269
31 Mar 2017	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE IT	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€47,686
31 Mar 2017	COLT TELECOM	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€28,566
31 Mar 2017	COLT TELECOM	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€42,562
31 Mar 2017	COLT TELECOM	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€33,994
31 Mar 2017	DAON	SOFTWARE IT	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€53,183
31 Mar 2017	DAON	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE IT	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€75,331
31 Mar 2017	DATASAT COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€28,413
31 Mar 2017	DATASAT COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€21,177
31 Mar 2017	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE IT	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€298,602
31 Mar 2017	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE IT	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€21,493
31 Mar 2017	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE IT	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€161,540
31 Mar 2017	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	PASSPORT BOOKLETS	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€595,935
31 Mar 2017	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	PASSPORT BOOKLETS	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€1,071,023
31 Mar 2017	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	PASSPORT BOOKLETS	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€272,912
31 Mar 2017	DELL COMPUTER	OFFICE & COMPUTER EQUIPMENT	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€25,110
31 Mar 2017	IT ROLLOUT CONSULTANCY	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€43,508
31 Mar 2017	IT ROLLOUT CONSULTANCY	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€39,837
31 Mar 2017	JK NETWORK ARCHITECTURE DESIGN LTD	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€46,217

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

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