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 2018	PUCA TECHNOLOGIES LTD	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE ICT	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€21,697
31 Mar 2018	VODAFONE IRELAND LIMITED	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€42,032
31 Mar 2018	VODAFONE IRELAND LIMITED	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€43,006
31 Mar 2018	VODAFONE IRELAND LIMITED	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€48,974
31 Mar 2018	VODAFONE IRELAND LIMITED	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€36,253
31 Mar 2018	VODAFONE IRELAND LIMITED	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€36,253
31 Mar 2018	VODAFONE IRELAND LIMITED	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€36,253
31 Mar 2018	WITH TASTE	CONFERENCE CATERING	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€20,977
31 Mar 2018	ZERO DOWNTIME LTD	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€37,890
31 Mar 2018	ZERO DOWNTIME LTD	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€38,086
31 Mar 2019	ABSOLUTE GRAPHICS	LICENCES ICT	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€21,648
31 Mar 2019	ABSOLUTE GRAPHICS	LICENCES ICT	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€55,350
31 Mar 2019	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€62,245
31 Mar 2019	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€41,250
31 Mar 2019	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€44,502
31 Mar 2019	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€47,758
31 Mar 2019	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€46,477
31 Mar 2019	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€41,025
31 Mar 2019	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€21,324
31 Mar 2019	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€86,423
31 Mar 2019	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€143,958
31 Mar 2019	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€77,792
31 Mar 2019	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€80,365
31 Mar 2019	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€30,785
31 Mar 2019	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE ICT	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€121,974
31 Mar 2019	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE ICT	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€55,182
31 Mar 2019	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE ICT	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€21,168
31 Mar 2019	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE ICT	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€46,300
31 Mar 2019	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE ICT	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€122,085
31 Mar 2019	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE ICT	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€127,255
31 Mar 2019	BEARING POINT	COMPUTER HARDWARE MAINTENANCE	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€23,247
31 Mar 2019	BEARING POINT	COMPUTER SOFTWARE NEW	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€28,640
31 Mar 2019	BEARING POINT	COMPUTER SOFTWARE NEW	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€32,997
31 Mar 2019	BEARING POINT	COMPUTER SOFTWARE NEW	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€32,029
31 Mar 2019	BEARING POINT	COMPUTER SOFTWARE NEW	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€61,563
31 Mar 2019	BEARING POINT	COMPUTER SOFTWARE NEW	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€71,516
31 Mar 2019	BEARING POINT	COMPUTER SOFTWARE NEW	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€147,600
31 Mar 2019	BEARING POINT	COMPUTER SOFTWARE NEW	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€43,118
31 Mar 2019	BEARING POINT	COMPUTER SOFTWARE NEW	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€115,589
31 Mar 2019	BRANDIT PROMOTIONAL PRODUCTS	PRINTING AND STATIONERY	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€20,910
31 Mar 2019	CODEC-DSS	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€40,304
31 Mar 2019	CODEC-DSS	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€86,968
31 Mar 2019	CODEC-DSS	OUTSOURCING	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€56,196
31 Mar 2019	COLT TELECOM	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€27,262
31 Mar 2019	COLT TELECOM	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€22,269
31 Mar 2019	COLT TELECOM	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€27,262
31 Mar 2019	COLT TELECOM	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€22,269
31 Mar 2019	COLT TELECOM	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€22,269
31 Mar 2019	COLT TELECOM	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€27,262
31 Mar 2019	COLT TELECOM	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€27,262

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

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