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.

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Payment date^*	Supplier	Description	Kind	Publication	Amount
31 Dec 2026	THE 1825 PROJECT LTD	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2026 · THE 1825 PROJECT LTD	Grant	Q4 2026	€11,113
31 Dec 2026	THE JOHN HEWITT SOCIETY	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2026 · THE JOHN HEWITT SOCIETY	Grant	Q4 2026	€14,625
31 Dec 2026	ULSTER BADMINTON	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2026 · ULSTER BADMINTON	Grant	Q4 2026	€7,950
31 Dec 2026	ULSTER GAA	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2026 · ULSTER GAA	Grant	Q4 2026	€17,000
31 Dec 2026	ULSTER ORCHESTRA SOCIETY	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2026 · ULSTER ORCHESTRA SOCIETY	Grant	Q4 2026	€45,000
31 Dec 2026	UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2026 · UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER	Grant	Q4 2026	€32,488
31 Dec 2026	VERBAL ARTS CENTRE NI LTD	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2026 · VERBAL ARTS CENTRE NI LTD	Grant	Q4 2026	€25,000
31 Dec 2026	VOICES WOMENS GROUP	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2026 · VOICES WOMENS GROUP	Grant	Q4 2026	€8,350
31 Dec 2026	WASHINGTON IRELAND PROGRAM LTD	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2026 · WASHINGTON IRELAND PROGRAM LTD	Grant	Q4 2026	€43,000
31 Dec 2026	WAVE TRAUMA CENTRE	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2026 · WAVE TRAUMA CENTRE	Grant	Q4 2026	€90,000
31 Dec 2026	WEST CORK HISTORY FESTIVAL	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2026 · WEST CORK HISTORY FESTIVAL	Grant	Q4 2026	€3,000
31 Dec 2026	WESTENDERS	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2026 · WESTENDERS	Grant	Q4 2026	€10,300
31 Dec 2026	WILLOWFIELD PARISH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2026 · WILLOWFIELD PARISH COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION	Grant	Q4 2026	€13,000
31 Dec 2026	WOMENS TEC	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2026 · WOMENS TEC	Grant	Q4 2026	€31,000
31 Dec 2025	174 Trust	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · 174 Trust	Grant	Q4 2025	€42,000
31 Dec 2025	174 Trust	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · 174 Trust	Grant	Q4 2025	€38,000
31 Dec 2025	4 Corners Festival	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · 4 Corners Festival	Grant	Q4 2025	€28,700
31 Dec 2025	An Gaeláras Ltd	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · An Gaeláras Ltd	Grant	Q4 2025	€59,104
31 Dec 2025	ArdBone Festival	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · ArdBone Festival	Grant	Q4 2025	€9,900
31 Dec 2025	Ardoyne Youth Club	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Ardoyne Youth Club	Grant	Q4 2025	€23,000
31 Dec 2025	Armagh Amateur Boxing Club	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Armagh Amateur Boxing Club	Grant	Q4 2025	€9,000
31 Dec 2025	Artillery Youth Centre	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Artillery Youth Centre	Grant	Q4 2025	€19,000
31 Dec 2025	Atlas Women's Centre	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Atlas Women's Centre	Grant	Q4 2025	€9,928
31 Dec 2025	Ballybeen Women's Centre	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Ballybeen Women's Centre	Grant	Q4 2025	€19,400
31 Dec 2025	Ballymoney RFC	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Ballymoney RFC	Grant	Q4 2025	€10,000
31 Dec 2025	Bardic Educational Arts & Media	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Bardic Educational Arts & Media	Grant	Q4 2025	€9,950
31 Dec 2025	Belfast & Lisburn Women's Aid	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Belfast & Lisburn Women's Aid	Grant	Q4 2025	€21,000
31 Dec 2025	Belfast International Arts Fest	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Belfast International Arts Fest	Grant	Q4 2025	€39,068
31 Dec 2025	Belfast South Community Resources	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Belfast South Community Resources	Grant	Q4 2025	€16,514
31 Dec 2025	Belfast Unemployed Resource Centre	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Belfast Unemployed Resource Centre	Grant	Q4 2025	€12,000
31 Dec 2025	Belfast YMCA Ltd	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Belfast YMCA Ltd	Grant	Q4 2025	€52,259
31 Dec 2025	Belfast YMCA Ltd	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Belfast YMCA Ltd	Grant	Q4 2025	€9,145
31 Dec 2025	Blackmountain Shared Space	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Blackmountain Shared Space	Grant	Q4 2025	€24,400
31 Dec 2025	Blackrock National Hurling Club	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Blackrock National Hurling Club	Grant	Q4 2025	€3,000
31 Dec 2025	Brassneck Theatre Company	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Brassneck Theatre Company	Grant	Q4 2025	€6,000
31 Dec 2025	Cairde Turas	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Cairde Turas	Grant	Q4 2025	€13,875
31 Dec 2025	Cardinal Tomás Ó Fiaich Memoral Library & Archive	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Cardinal Tomás Ó Fiaich Memoral Library & Archive	Grant	Q4 2025	€25,000
31 Dec 2025	Cathedral Youth Club	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Cathedral Youth Club	Grant	Q4 2025	€38,128
31 Dec 2025	Centre For Democracy & Peace Buillding	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Centre For Democracy & Peace Buillding	Grant	Q4 2025	€35,000
31 Dec 2025	Christ Church Derry CoI	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Christ Church Derry CoI	Grant	Q4 2025	€22,319
31 Dec 2025	Cinemagic	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Cinemagic	Grant	Q4 2025	€32,800
31 Dec 2025	City Centre Initiative	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · City Centre Initiative	Grant	Q4 2025	€20,000
31 Dec 2025	City Life Projects	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · City Life Projects	Grant	Q4 2025	€36,148
31 Dec 2025	Cliftonville Community Regeneration Forum	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Cliftonville Community Regeneration Forum	Grant	Q4 2025	€9,876
31 Dec 2025	Clonard Neighbourhood Development Partnership	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Clonard Neighbourhood Development Partnership	Grant	Q4 2025	€4,000
31 Dec 2025	Co. Armagh Orange Lodge	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Co. Armagh Orange Lodge	Grant	Q4 2025	€16,911
31 Dec 2025	Co. Down Rural Community Network	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Co. Down Rural Community Network	Grant	Q4 2025	€15,000
31 Dec 2025	Communications Workers Band	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Communications Workers Band	Grant	Q4 2025	€3,500
31 Dec 2025	Community Dialogue	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Community Dialogue	Grant	Q4 2025	€30,000
31 Dec 2025	Connecting Minds Project	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Connecting Minds Project	Grant	Q4 2025	€9,692

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