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 2017	JK NETWORK ARCHITECTURE DESIGN LTD	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€37,484
31 Mar 2017	JOHN COUGHLAN CATERING LTD	OFFICIAL ENTERTAINMENT	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€22,431
31 Mar 2017	MICROMAIL	LICENCES IT	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€412,651
31 Mar 2017	ORACLE EMEA LTD	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE IT	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€79,222
31 Mar 2017	VODAFONE IRELAND LTD	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€41,007
31 Mar 2017	VODAFONE IRELAND LTD	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€34,748
31 Mar 2017	VODAFONE IRELAND LTD	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€42,420
31 Mar 2017	VODAFONE IRELAND LTD	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€40,502
31 Mar 2017	VODAFONE IRELAND LTD	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€36,785
31 Mar 2017	VODAFONE IRELAND LTD	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€34,596
31 Mar 2017	ZERO DOWNTIME LTD	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€39,139
31 Mar 2017	ZERO DOWNTIME LTD	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€37,639
31 Mar 2018	ACTION POINT INNOVATION LTD	COMPUTER SOFTWARE	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€41,322
31 Mar 2018	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€63,966
31 Mar 2018	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€30,142
31 Mar 2018	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€86,466
31 Mar 2018	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€20,443
31 Mar 2018	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€21,410
31 Mar 2018	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€72,272
31 Mar 2018	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€109,829
31 Mar 2018	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€77,284
31 Mar 2018	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€21,408
31 Mar 2018	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€40,762
31 Mar 2018	BEARING POINT	COMPUTER SOFTWARE	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€124,269
31 Mar 2018	BEARING POINT	COMPUTER SOFTWARE	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€119,521
31 Mar 2018	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE ICT	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€117,604
31 Mar 2018	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE ICT	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€121,350
31 Mar 2018	CAVEO INFORMATION SYSTEMS LTD	LICENCES ICT	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€25,500
31 Mar 2018	COLT TELECOM	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€22,269
31 Mar 2018	COLT TELECOM	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€27,262
31 Mar 2018	COLT TELECOM	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€22,269
31 Mar 2018	COLT TELECOM	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€27,262
31 Mar 2018	COLT TELECOM	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€27,262
31 Mar 2018	COLT TELECOM	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€22,269
31 Mar 2018	DAON	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE ICT	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€75,331
31 Mar 2018	DATAPAC LTD	OFFICE & COMPUTER EQUIPMENT	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€34,894
31 Mar 2018	DATASAT COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€26,568
31 Mar 2018	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	PASSPORT BOOKLETS	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€1,195,560
31 Mar 2018	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	PASSPORT BOOKLETS	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€793,350
31 Mar 2018	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE ICT	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€298,602
31 Mar 2018	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE ICT	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€161,540
31 Mar 2018	DELL COMPUTER	OFFICE & COMPUTER EQUIPMENT	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€24,391
31 Mar 2018	DELL COMPUTER	OFFICE & COMPUTER EQUIPMENT	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€23,616
31 Mar 2018	IT ROLLOUT CONSULTANCY	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€39,837
31 Mar 2018	IT ROLLOUT CONSULTANCY	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€39,837
31 Mar 2018	IT ROLLOUT CONSULTANCY	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€39,837
31 Mar 2018	JK NETWORK ARCHITECTURE DESIGN LTD	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€36,548
31 Mar 2018	JK NETWORK ARCHITECTURE DESIGN LTD	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€39,973
31 Mar 2018	MICROMAIL	LICENCES ICT	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€412,651
31 Mar 2018	ORACLE EMEA LTD	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE ICT	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€81,599

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

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