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 2020	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€87,533
31 Mar 2020	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€280,824
31 Mar 2020	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€251,192
31 Mar 2020	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€38,740
31 Mar 2020	AN POST	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€29,295
31 Mar 2020	AN POST MAILS REVENUE	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€83,848
31 Mar 2020	AN POST MAILS REVENUE	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€51,285
31 Mar 2020	AN POST MAILS REVENUE	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€49,749
31 Mar 2020	AN POST MAILS REVENUE	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€45,425
31 Mar 2020	AN POST MAILS REVENUE	POSTAGE & OTHER COURIER COSTS	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€49,050
31 Mar 2020	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€22,552
31 Mar 2020	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€23,668
31 Mar 2020	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€20,314
31 Mar 2020	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€58,763
31 Mar 2020	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€121,974
31 Mar 2020	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€121,350
31 Mar 2020	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€54,585
31 Mar 2020	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€121,974
31 Mar 2020	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€27,156
31 Mar 2020	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€22,271
31 Mar 2020	BEARING POINT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€55,904
31 Mar 2020	BUTLER TECHNOLOGIES	COMPUTER HARDWARE MAINTENANCE / RENTAL	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€33,191
31 Mar 2020	CAVEO INFORMATION SYSTEMS LTD	LICENCES	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€34,161
31 Mar 2020	COLT TELECOM	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€28,303
31 Mar 2020	COLT TELECOM	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€21,276
31 Mar 2020	COLT TELECOM	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€21,276
31 Mar 2020	COLT TELECOM	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€29,006
31 Mar 2020	COLT TELECOM	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€21,276
31 Mar 2020	COLT TELECOM	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€29,006
31 Mar 2020	COLT TELECOM	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€29,006
31 Mar 2020	COLT TELECOM	PRIVATE CIRCUITS RENTAL & INSTALLATION	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€21,276
31 Mar 2020	DAON	COMPUTER SOFTWARE	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€34,440
31 Mar 2020	DAON	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€34,783
31 Mar 2020	DAON	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€34,763
31 Mar 2020	DAON	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€34,783
31 Mar 2020	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	PASSPORT BOOKLETS	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€1,053,741
31 Mar 2020	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€225,904
31 Mar 2020	DE LA RUE SMURFIT	SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (I.T.)	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€163,252
31 Mar 2020	DELL COMPUTER	OFFICE & COMPUTER EQUIPMENT (MINOR, <€1,000)	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€26,445
31 Mar 2020	DELL COMPUTER	OFFICE & COMPUTER EQUIPMENT (MINOR, <€1,000)	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€26,445
31 Mar 2020	DELL COMPUTER	OFFICE & COMPUTER EQUIPMENT (MINOR, <€1,000)	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€26,445
31 Mar 2020	DELL COMPUTER	OFFICE & COMPUTER EQUIPMENT (MINOR, <€1,000)	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€26,445
31 Mar 2020	DELL COMPUTER	OFFICE & COMPUTER EQUIPMENT (MINOR, <€1,000)	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€26,445
31 Mar 2020	DELL COMPUTER	OFFICE & COMPUTER EQUIPMENT (MINOR, <€1,000)	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€26,445
31 Mar 2020	DELL COMPUTER	OFFICE & COMPUTER EQUIPMENT (MINOR, <€1,000)	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€26,445
31 Mar 2020	DELL COMPUTER	OFFICE & COMPUTER EQUIPMENT (MINOR, <€1,000)	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€26,445
31 Mar 2020	DELL COMPUTER	OFFICE & COMPUTER EQUIPMENT (MINOR, <€1,000)	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€26,445
31 Mar 2020	DELL COMPUTER	OFFICE & COMPUTER EQUIPMENT (MINOR, <€1,000)	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€26,445
31 Mar 2020	DELL COMPUTER	OFFICE & COMPUTER EQUIPMENT (MINOR, <€1,000)	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€26,445
31 Mar 2020	DELL COMPUTER	OFFICE & COMPUTER EQUIPMENT (MINOR, <€1,000)	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€78,105

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

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