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

Machine readable 0.0/1

Descriptions 1.0/1

Uniqueness 0.5/1

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Payment date^*	Supplier	Description	Kind	Publication	Amount
31 Dec 2025	Lincoln Courts Youth	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Lincoln Courts Youth	Grant	Q4 2025	€9,900
31 Dec 2025	Linen Hall Library	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Linen Hall Library	Grant	Q4 2025	€50,050
31 Dec 2025	Local Colour	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Local Colour	Grant	Q4 2025	€8,000
31 Dec 2025	Listening Ear	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Listening Ear	Grant	Q4 2025	€11,253
31 Dec 2025	Maiden City Festival	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Maiden City Festival	Grant	Q4 2025	€25,000
31 Dec 2025	Meath Traveller's Workshop	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Meath Traveller's Workshop	Grant	Q4 2025	€15,932
31 Dec 2025	Mediation NI	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Mediation NI	Grant	Q4 2025	€27,251
31 Dec 2025	Mencap	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Mencap	Grant	Q4 2025	€12,924
31 Dec 2025	Methodist Historical Society	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Methodist Historical Society	Grant	Q4 2025	€1,740
31 Dec 2025	Mid Armagh Community Network	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Mid Armagh Community Network	Grant	Q4 2025	€9,090
31 Dec 2025	Monkstown Boxing Club	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Monkstown Boxing Club	Grant	Q4 2025	€11,200
31 Dec 2025	Mornington Community Project	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Mornington Community Project	Grant	Q4 2025	€9,990
31 Dec 2025	Mornington Community Project	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Mornington Community Project	Grant	Q4 2025	€9,990
31 Dec 2025	Narrative 4	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Narrative 4	Grant	Q4 2025	€8,260
31 Dec 2025	National Committee on American Foreign Policy	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · National Committee on American Foreign Policy	Grant	Q4 2025	€18,422
31 Dec 2025	National Council of YMCAs Ireland	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · National Council of YMCAs Ireland	Grant	Q4 2025	€12,000
31 Dec 2025	Neighbourhood Managegment Team	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Neighbourhood Managegment Team	Grant	Q4 2025	€18,580
31 Dec 2025	Nerve Centre	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Nerve Centre	Grant	Q4 2025	€46,396
31 Dec 2025	New Lodge Youth Centre	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · New Lodge Youth Centre	Grant	Q4 2025	€10,000
31 Dec 2025	Newbridge Integrated College	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Newbridge Integrated College	Grant	Q4 2025	€4,956
31 Dec 2025	Newhill Football Club	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Newhill Football Club	Grant	Q4 2025	€9,500
31 Dec 2025	NI Alternatives Ltd	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · NI Alternatives Ltd	Grant	Q4 2025	€36,000
31 Dec 2025	NI Alternatives Ltd	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · NI Alternatives Ltd	Grant	Q4 2025	€60,000
31 Dec 2025	NI War Memorial	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · NI War Memorial	Grant	Q4 2025	€10,200
31 Dec 2025	NI Youth Forum	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · NI Youth Forum	Grant	Q4 2025	€42,000
31 Dec 2025	North Belfast Interface Network	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · North Belfast Interface Network	Grant	Q4 2025	€16,240
31 Dec 2025	North West Cultural Partnership	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · North West Cultural Partnership	Grant	Q4 2025	€80,000
31 Dec 2025	Northern Ireland Mixed Marriage Association	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Northern Ireland Mixed Marriage Association	Grant	Q4 2025	€2,000
31 Dec 2025	Obon on the Foyle	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Obon on the Foyle	Grant	Q4 2025	€16,817
31 Dec 2025	Odyssey Trust Company Ltd	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Odyssey Trust Company Ltd	Grant	Q4 2025	€28,000
31 Dec 2025	Oh Yeah Music Centre	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Oh Yeah Music Centre	Grant	Q4 2025	€13,000
31 Dec 2025	Omagh Support & Self Help Group	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Omagh Support & Self Help Group	Grant	Q4 2025	€33,600
31 Dec 2025	Parallel Histories	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Parallel Histories	Grant	Q4 2025	€12,534
31 Dec 2025	Passionist Peace & Reconcilation Office	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Passionist Peace & Reconcilation Office	Grant	Q4 2025	€36,300
31 Dec 2025	Pat Finucane Centre (Justice for the Forgotten)	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Pat Finucane Centre (Justice for the Forgotten)	Grant	Q4 2025	€13,891
31 Dec 2025	Pembroke College	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Pembroke College	Grant	Q4 2025	€29,292
31 Dec 2025	Phoenix Education Centre	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Phoenix Education Centre	Grant	Q4 2025	€62,500
31 Dec 2025	Pivotal, The Public Policy Forum	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Pivotal, The Public Policy Forum	Grant	Q4 2025	€24,000
31 Dec 2025	Pivotal, The Public Policy Forum	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Pivotal, The Public Policy Forum	Grant	Q4 2025	€30,000
31 Dec 2025	Policy 360	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Policy 360	Grant	Q4 2025	€15,700
31 Dec 2025	Politics In Action	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Politics In Action	Grant	Q4 2025	€24,069
31 Dec 2025	PortadownWellness Centre	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · PortadownWellness Centre	Grant	Q4 2025	€10,000
31 Dec 2025	Presbyterian Church in Ireland	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Presbyterian Church in Ireland	Grant	Q4 2025	€6,432
31 Dec 2025	Project Children Legacy CLG	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Project Children Legacy CLG	Grant	Q4 2025	€30,000
31 Dec 2025	Project Children Legacy CLG	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Project Children Legacy CLG	Grant	Q4 2025	€30,000
31 Dec 2025	R City	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · R City	Grant	Q4 2025	€43,997
31 Dec 2025	Rathfriland Cross Community Amateur Boxing Club	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Rathfriland Cross Community Amateur Boxing Club	Grant	Q4 2025	€12,475
31 Dec 2025	Raven Social Club	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Raven Social Club	Grant	Q4 2025	€2,627
31 Dec 2025	Relatives for Justice	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Relatives for Justice	Grant	Q4 2025	€25,000
31 Dec 2025	Rethinking Conflict	Reconciliation Fund Annual Round 2025 · Rethinking Conflict	Grant	Q4 2025	€90,000

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