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 2014	Football in the Community Teenage Kickz	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 2 2014 · Football in the Community Teenage Kickz	Grant	Q4 2014	€9,000
31 Dec 2014	Foróige	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 2 2014 · Foróige	Grant	Q4 2014	€9,000
31 Dec 2014	Forum for Alternative Belfast	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 2 2014 · Forum for Alternative Belfast	Grant	Q4 2014	€15,000
31 Dec 2014	Foyle Women's Information Network	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 2 2014 · Foyle Women's Information Network	Grant	Q4 2014	€13,000
31 Dec 2014	Gallery of Photography	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 2 2014 · Gallery of Photography	Grant	Q4 2014	€10,000
31 Dec 2014	Guildhall Press	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 2 2014 · Guildhall Press	Grant	Q4 2014	€10,000
31 Dec 2014	Healing through Remembering	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 2 2014 · Healing through Remembering	Grant	Q4 2014	€10,000
31 Dec 2014	Holy Trinity Youth Centre	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 2 2014 · Holy Trinity Youth Centre	Grant	Q4 2014	€7,000
31 Dec 2014	Institute of British Irish Studies IBIS	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 2 2014 · Institute of British Irish Studies IBIS	Grant	Q4 2014	€40,000
31 Dec 2014	Integrated Education Fund NI	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 2 2014 · Integrated Education Fund NI	Grant	Q4 2014	€10,000
31 Dec 2014	Interaction Belfast	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 2 2014 · Interaction Belfast	Grant	Q4 2014	€18,000
31 Dec 2014	Intercomm Ireland	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 2 2014 · Intercomm Ireland	Grant	Q4 2014	€60,000
31 Dec 2014	Kells Literary and Cultural Festival Ltd.	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 2 2014 · Kells Literary and Cultural Festival Ltd.	Grant	Q4 2014	€5,000
31 Dec 2014	Linen Hall Library (The)	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 2 2014 · Linen Hall Library (The)	Grant	Q4 2014	€19,500
31 Dec 2014	Lurgan YMCA	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 2 2014 · Lurgan YMCA	Grant	Q4 2014	€5,500
31 Dec 2014	National Youth Council of Ireland	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 2 2014 · National Youth Council of Ireland	Grant	Q4 2014	€10,000
31 Dec 2014	Nerve Centre	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 2 2014 · Nerve Centre	Grant	Q4 2014	€30,000
31 Dec 2014	NI Council for Integrated Education NICIE	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 2 2014 · NI Council for Integrated Education NICIE	Grant	Q4 2014	€40,000
31 Dec 2014	North Belfast Interface Network	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 2 2014 · North Belfast Interface Network	Grant	Q4 2014	€6,000
31 Dec 2014	Northern Ireland Womens European Platform	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 2 2014 · Northern Ireland Womens European Platform	Grant	Q4 2014	€15,000
31 Dec 2014	Old Library Trust	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 2 2014 · Old Library Trust	Grant	Q4 2014	€10,000
31 Dec 2014	Open Door	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 2 2014 · Open Door	Grant	Q4 2014	€13,000
31 Dec 2014	Pat Finucane Centre	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 2 2014 · Pat Finucane Centre	Grant	Q4 2014	€50,000
31 Dec 2014	Peace & Reconciliation Group	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 2 2014 · Peace & Reconciliation Group	Grant	Q4 2014	€20,000
31 Dec 2014	Peaceful Futures South Armagh	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 2 2014 · Peaceful Futures South Armagh	Grant	Q4 2014	€6,000
31 Dec 2014	PeacePlayers International NI	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 2 2014 · PeacePlayers International NI	Grant	Q4 2014	€15,000
31 Dec 2014	Queen's Park Women's Group	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 2 2014 · Queen's Park Women's Group	Grant	Q4 2014	€9,000
31 Dec 2014	R.E.A.C.H Across	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 2 2014 · R.E.A.C.H Across	Grant	Q4 2014	€8,000
31 Dec 2014	RCity Youth CIC c/o Ardoyne YC	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 2 2014 · RCity Youth CIC c/o Ardoyne YC	Grant	Q4 2014	€7,000
31 Dec 2014	Rights Watch UK	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 2 2014 · Rights Watch UK	Grant	Q4 2014	€5,000
31 Dec 2014	Rossinver Community Development Company	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 2 2014 · Rossinver Community Development Company	Grant	Q4 2014	€1,500
31 Dec 2014	Saint Patrick Centre	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 2 2014 · Saint Patrick Centre	Grant	Q4 2014	€9,000
31 Dec 2014	Saints Youth Centre	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 2 2014 · Saints Youth Centre	Grant	Q4 2014	€6,000
31 Dec 2014	South Armagh Rural Women's Network	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 2 2014 · South Armagh Rural Women's Network	Grant	Q4 2014	€15,000
31 Dec 2014	Spectrum Centre (The)	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 2 2014 · Spectrum Centre (The)	Grant	Q4 2014	€6,000
31 Dec 2014	Speedwell Trust	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 2 2014 · Speedwell Trust	Grant	Q4 2014	€8,000
31 Dec 2014	Stewartstown Royal Arch Chapter no.479	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 2 2014 · Stewartstown Royal Arch Chapter no.479	Grant	Q4 2014	€1,500
31 Dec 2014	Tara Centre	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 2 2014 · Tara Centre	Grant	Q4 2014	€40,000
31 Dec 2014	Towards Understanding and Healing	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 2 2014 · Towards Understanding and Healing	Grant	Q4 2014	€5,000
31 Dec 2014	Training for Women Network	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 2 2014 · Training for Women Network	Grant	Q4 2014	€12,000
31 Dec 2014	Ulster Canada Initiative	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 2 2014 · Ulster Canada Initiative	Grant	Q4 2014	€3,000
31 Dec 2014	Ulster GAA	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 2 2014 · Ulster GAA	Grant	Q4 2014	€18,000
31 Dec 2014	Ulster Karate-do Federation	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 2 2014 · Ulster Karate-do Federation	Grant	Q4 2014	€4,000
31 Dec 2014	Unionist Centenary Committee	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 2 2014 · Unionist Centenary Committee	Grant	Q4 2014	€20,000
31 Dec 2014	Verbal Arts Centre	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 2 2014 · Verbal Arts Centre	Grant	Q4 2014	€25,000
31 Dec 2014	Women for Election	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 2 2014 · Women for Election	Grant	Q4 2014	€6,000
31 Dec 2014	Women's History Association of Ireland	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 2 2014 · Women's History Association of Ireland	Grant	Q4 2014	€2,500
31 Dec 2014	(Maynooth University) Women's Resource & Development Agency	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 2 2014 · (Maynooth University) Women's Resource & Development Agency	Grant	Q4 2014	€10,000
31 Dec 2014	Youth Action NI	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 2 2014 · Youth Action NI	Grant	Q4 2014	€85,000
31 Dec 2014	Youth Initiatives	Reconciliation Fund Tranche 2 2014 · Youth Initiatives	Grant	Q4 2014	€10,000

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

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