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 2015	Gleann ABC	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2015 · Gleann ABC	Grant	Q4 2015	€5,000
31 Dec 2015	Glencree	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2015 · Glencree	Grant	Q4 2015	€387,000
31 Dec 2015	Glor Na Speirini	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2015 · Glor Na Speirini	Grant	Q4 2015	€1,500
31 Dec 2015	Harmony Community Trust	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2015 · Harmony Community Trust	Grant	Q4 2015	€12,000
31 Dec 2015	Kells Literary Festival	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2015 · Kells Literary Festival	Grant	Q4 2015	€5,000
31 Dec 2015	Hillcrest House	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2015 · Hillcrest House	Grant	Q4 2015	€2,500
31 Dec 2015	Holy Cross Retreat Ardoyne	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2015 · Holy Cross Retreat Ardoyne	Grant	Q4 2015	€40,000
31 Dec 2015	Irish Street Community Association	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2015 · Irish Street Community Association	Grant	Q4 2015	€2,500
31 Dec 2015	John Hewitt Society	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2015 · John Hewitt Society	Grant	Q4 2015	€5,550
31 Dec 2015	Kabosh Theatre	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2015 · Kabosh Theatre	Grant	Q4 2015	€5,550
31 Dec 2015	Kilcooley Women's Centre_	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2015 · Kilcooley Women's Centre_	Grant	Q4 2015	€5,000
31 Dec 2015	Knockconan Aughnacloy Cross Border Summer Camp	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2015 · Knockconan Aughnacloy Cross Border Summer Camp	Grant	Q4 2015	€3,000
31 Dec 2015	Lower Ormeau Residents Action Group	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2015 · Lower Ormeau Residents Action Group	Grant	Q4 2015	€7,000
31 Dec 2015	Maiden City Festival	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2015 · Maiden City Festival	Grant	Q4 2015	€30,000
31 Dec 2015	Manorcunningham Orange Lodge	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2015 · Manorcunningham Orange Lodge	Grant	Q4 2015	€7,500
31 Dec 2015	Mornington Community Project	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2015 · Mornington Community Project	Grant	Q4 2015	€7,900
31 Dec 2015	Nerve Centre	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2015 · Nerve Centre	Grant	Q4 2015	€20,000
31 Dec 2015	New Lodge Arts	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2015 · New Lodge Arts	Grant	Q4 2015	€8,000
31 Dec 2015	NI Childrens Enterprise NICE	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2015 · NI Childrens Enterprise NICE	Grant	Q4 2015	€10,000
31 Dec 2015	Old School Boxing Club	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2015 · Old School Boxing Club	Grant	Q4 2015	€8,000
31 Dec 2015	Partners in Catalyst	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2015 · Partners in Catalyst	Grant	Q4 2015	€4,000
31 Dec 2015	Pat Finucane Centre (Justice for the Forgotten)	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2015 · Pat Finucane Centre (Justice for the Forgotten)	Grant	Q4 2015	€49,400
31 Dec 2015	Pat Finucane Centre (Recovery of Living Memory Archive)	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2015 · Pat Finucane Centre (Recovery of Living Memory Archive)	Grant	Q4 2015	€60,000
31 Dec 2015	Patrician Youth Centre	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2015 · Patrician Youth Centre	Grant	Q4 2015	€5,000
31 Dec 2015	Patrick Sarsfield GAC	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2015 · Patrick Sarsfield GAC	Grant	Q4 2015	€4,000
31 Dec 2015	Queens University (ICTSJ)	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2015 · Queens University (ICTSJ)	Grant	Q4 2015	€15,000
31 Dec 2015	REACT	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2015 · REACT	Grant	Q4 2015	€6,000
31 Dec 2015	Rights Watch UK	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2015 · Rights Watch UK	Grant	Q4 2015	€11,000
31 Dec 2015	Round Tower Community Project	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2015 · Round Tower Community Project	Grant	Q4 2015	€5,000
31 Dec 2015	Royal British Legion	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2015 · Royal British Legion	Grant	Q4 2015	€3,000
31 Dec 2015	Shankill Parish Caring Association	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2015 · Shankill Parish Caring Association	Grant	Q4 2015	€5,000
31 Dec 2015	Short Strand Women's Group	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2015 · Short Strand Women's Group	Grant	Q4 2015	€4,500
31 Dec 2015	Smashing Times Theatre Company Ltd	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2015 · Smashing Times Theatre Company Ltd	Grant	Q4 2015	€15,400
31 Dec 2015	South East Fermanagh Foundation SEFF	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2015 · South East Fermanagh Foundation SEFF	Grant	Q4 2015	€5,000
31 Dec 2015	Springboard Opportunities Ltd	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2015 · Springboard Opportunities Ltd	Grant	Q4 2015	€15,000
31 Dec 2015	TIDES Training	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2015 · TIDES Training	Grant	Q4 2015	€8,000
31 Dec 2015	Transitional Justice Institute, University of Ulster	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2015 · Transitional Justice Institute, University of Ulster	Grant	Q4 2015	€5,000
31 Dec 2015	Waterside Neighbourhood Partnership	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2015 · Waterside Neighbourhood Partnership	Grant	Q4 2015	€12,000
31 Dec 2015	Strategic Partners 2015 Amount Co-operation Ireland	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2015 · Strategic Partners 2015 Amount Co-operation Ireland	Grant	Q4 2015	€365,000
31 Dec 2015	Community Relations in Schools	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2015 · Community Relations in Schools	Grant	Q4 2015	€50,000
31 Dec 2015	Healing Through Remembering	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2015 · Healing Through Remembering	Grant	Q4 2015	€55,000
31 Dec 2015	Corrymeela Community	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2015 · Corrymeela Community	Grant	Q4 2015	€70,000
31 Dec 2015	Youth Action NI	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 1 2015 · Youth Action NI	Grant	Q4 2015	€80,000
31 Dec 2015	Artillery Youth Services	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 2 2015 · Artillery Youth Services	Grant	Q4 2015	€5,400
31 Dec 2015	Atlantic Youth Trust	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 2 2015 · Atlantic Youth Trust	Grant	Q4 2015	€10,000
31 Dec 2015	Ballinamallard Fisher Park	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 2 2015 · Ballinamallard Fisher Park	Grant	Q4 2015	€1,500
31 Dec 2015	Ballybeen Women’s Centre	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 2 2015 · Ballybeen Women’s Centre	Grant	Q4 2015	€12,000
31 Dec 2015	Ballykeel2 Residents’s Association	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 2 2015 · Ballykeel2 Residents’s Association	Grant	Q4 2015	€3,500
31 Dec 2015	Ballymoney Community Resource Centre	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 2 2015 · Ballymoney Community Resource Centre	Grant	Q4 2015	€3,000
31 Dec 2015	Belfast YMCA	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 2 2015 · Belfast YMCA	Grant	Q4 2015	€8,000

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

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