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 Dec 2018	APAC Ireland	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2018 · APAC Ireland	Grant	Q4 2018	€6,800
31 Dec 2018	Arc Healthy Living	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2018 · Arc Healthy Living	Grant	Q4 2018	€12,000
31 Dec 2018	Artillery Youth Centre	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2018 · Artillery Youth Centre	Grant	Q4 2018	€7,000
31 Dec 2018	Arts Over Borders	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2018 · Arts Over Borders	Grant	Q4 2018	€35,000
31 Dec 2018	Belfast Interface Project	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2018 · Belfast Interface Project	Grant	Q4 2018	€10,500
31 Dec 2018	British Irish Association	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2018 · British Irish Association	Grant	Q4 2018	€20,000
31 Dec 2018	Cairde Turas	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2018 · Cairde Turas	Grant	Q4 2018	€5,400
31 Dec 2018	Carey Historical Society	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2018 · Carey Historical Society	Grant	Q4 2018	€4,983
31 Dec 2018	Carryduff Elim Pentecostal Church	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2018 · Carryduff Elim Pentecostal Church	Grant	Q4 2018	€5,000
31 Dec 2018	Cavan County Museum	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2018 · Cavan County Museum	Grant	Q4 2018	€7,500
31 Dec 2018	Centre for Cross Border Studies	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2018 · Centre for Cross Border Studies	Grant	Q4 2018	€15,800
31 Dec 2018	Churches Trust	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2018 · Churches Trust	Grant	Q4 2018	€26,400
31 Dec 2018	City Centre Initiative	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2018 · City Centre Initiative	Grant	Q4 2018	€8,000
31 Dec 2018	Cliftonville Community Regeneration Forum	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2018 · Cliftonville Community Regeneration Forum	Grant	Q4 2018	€9,000
31 Dec 2018	Community Dialogue	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2018 · Community Dialogue	Grant	Q4 2018	€28,000
31 Dec 2018	Community Relations in Schools	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2018 · Community Relations in Schools	Grant	Q4 2018	€5,000
31 Dec 2018	Co-Operation Ireland	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2018 · Co-Operation Ireland	Grant	Q4 2018	€350,000
31 Dec 2018	Corrymeela	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2018 · Corrymeela	Grant	Q4 2018	€14,672
31 Dec 2018	County Fermanagh Super Cup	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2018 · County Fermanagh Super Cup	Grant	Q4 2018	€3,000
31 Dec 2018	Cregagh Wanderers Football Club	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2018 · Cregagh Wanderers Football Club	Grant	Q4 2018	€2,500
31 Dec 2018	Dialogue For Diversity	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2018 · Dialogue For Diversity	Grant	Q4 2018	€6,000
31 Dec 2018	Diversity Challenges	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2018 · Diversity Challenges	Grant	Q4 2018	€25,000
31 Dec 2018	Donegal County Museum	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2018 · Donegal County Museum	Grant	Q4 2018	€7,000
31 Dec 2018	Duncairn Community Partnership	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2018 · Duncairn Community Partnership	Grant	Q4 2018	€8,000
31 Dec 2018	Dylan Quinn Dance Theatre	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2018 · Dylan Quinn Dance Theatre	Grant	Q4 2018	€10,000
31 Dec 2018	Eastside Arts	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2018 · Eastside Arts	Grant	Q4 2018	€9,490
31 Dec 2018	Epworth Methodist Church Bonfire Group	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2018 · Epworth Methodist Church Bonfire Group	Grant	Q4 2018	€3,450
31 Dec 2018	Expac North	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2018 · Expac North	Grant	Q4 2018	€16,000
31 Dec 2018	Forthspring Inter Community Group	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2018 · Forthspring Inter Community Group	Grant	Q4 2018	€8,950
31 Dec 2018	Foyle Women’s Information Network	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2018 · Foyle Women’s Information Network	Grant	Q4 2018	€13,100
31 Dec 2018	Foyle Youth	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2018 · Foyle Youth	Grant	Q4 2018	€9,000
31 Dec 2018	Glencree	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2018 · Glencree	Grant	Q4 2018	€301,552
31 Dec 2018	Glengormley ABC	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2018 · Glengormley ABC	Grant	Q4 2018	€5,000
31 Dec 2018	Groundwork Northern Ireland	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2018 · Groundwork Northern Ireland	Grant	Q4 2018	€18,000
31 Dec 2018	Hillcrest Trust	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2018 · Hillcrest Trust	Grant	Q4 2018	€7,235
31 Dec 2018	Holy Cross Retreat Ardoyne	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2018 · Holy Cross Retreat Ardoyne	Grant	Q4 2018	€55,000
31 Dec 2018	Holywell Trust	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2018 · Holywell Trust	Grant	Q4 2018	€37,000
31 Dec 2018	ICTU	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2018 · ICTU	Grant	Q4 2018	€1,700
31 Dec 2018	Institute for British-Irish Studies	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2018 · Institute for British-Irish Studies	Grant	Q4 2018	€8,000
31 Dec 2018	Irish Men’s Shed	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2018 · Irish Men’s Shed	Grant	Q4 2018	€20,000
31 Dec 2018	John Hewitt Society	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2018 · John Hewitt Society	Grant	Q4 2018	€5,431
31 Dec 2018	Kilkeel Parish Bridge Association	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2018 · Kilkeel Parish Bridge Association	Grant	Q4 2018	€2,500
31 Dec 2018	Local Authority Museum’s Network (Louth County Council)	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2018 · Local Authority Museum’s Network (Louth County Council)	Grant	Q4 2018	€5,000
31 Dec 2018	Lower Ormeau Residents Action Group (LORAG)	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2018 · Lower Ormeau Residents Action Group (LORAG)	Grant	Q4 2018	€9,305
31 Dec 2018	Maiden City Festival	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2018 · Maiden City Festival	Grant	Q4 2018	€22,500
31 Dec 2018	Mid Ulster Victims’ Empowerment Poject [MUVE]	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2018 · Mid Ulster Victims’ Empowerment Poject [MUVE]	Grant	Q4 2018	€6,000
31 Dec 2018	Migrant Centre	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2018 · Migrant Centre	Grant	Q4 2018	€37,000
31 Dec 2018	New Lodge Arts	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2018 · New Lodge Arts	Grant	Q4 2018	€10,000
31 Dec 2018	Newhill Football Club	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2018 · Newhill Football Club	Grant	Q4 2018	€6,760
31 Dec 2018	Newry District Interchurch Forum	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2018 · Newry District Interchurch Forum	Grant	Q4 2018	€2,000

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

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