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 2012	City of Belfast YMCA	Reconciliation Fund 2012 · City of Belfast YMCA	Grant	Q4 2012	€7,000
31 Dec 2012	Clonard Reconciliation Mission	Reconciliation Fund 2012 · Clonard Reconciliation Mission	Grant	Q4 2012	€7,500
31 Dec 2012	Contemporary Christianity	Reconciliation Fund 2012 · Contemporary Christianity	Grant	Q4 2012	€15,000
31 Dec 2012	Cookstown & District Women's Group	Reconciliation Fund 2012 · Cookstown & District Women's Group	Grant	Q4 2012	€10,000
31 Dec 2012	Co-operation Ireland	Reconciliation Fund 2012 · Co-operation Ireland	Grant	Q4 2012	€390,000
31 Dec 2012	Co-operation Ireland/All-Island Schools Choir	Reconciliation Fund 2012 · Co-operation Ireland/All-Island Schools Choir	Grant	Q4 2012	€35,000
31 Dec 2012	Corpus Christi Youth Centre	Reconciliation Fund 2012 · Corpus Christi Youth Centre	Grant	Q4 2012	€18,000
31 Dec 2012	Crossfire Trust	Reconciliation Fund 2012 · Crossfire Trust	Grant	Q4 2012	€4,000
31 Dec 2012	Culture Company 2013 Ltd	Reconciliation Fund 2012 · Culture Company 2013 Ltd	Grant	Q4 2012	€18,000
31 Dec 2012	Cumann Culturtha Mhic Reachtain	Reconciliation Fund 2012 · Cumann Culturtha Mhic Reachtain	Grant	Q4 2012	€4,500
31 Dec 2012	Derry Theatre Trust - Millennium Forum	Reconciliation Fund 2012 · Derry Theatre Trust - Millennium Forum	Grant	Q4 2012	€15,000
31 Dec 2012	Donagh Community Choir	Reconciliation Fund 2012 · Donagh Community Choir	Grant	Q4 2012	€3,000
31 Dec 2012	Epworth Methodist Church Bonfire Group	Reconciliation Fund 2012 · Epworth Methodist Church Bonfire Group	Grant	Q4 2012	€1,500
31 Dec 2012	Fermanagh Womens Aid	Reconciliation Fund 2012 · Fermanagh Womens Aid	Grant	Q4 2012	€50,000
31 Dec 2012	Fit Kidz	Reconciliation Fund 2012 · Fit Kidz	Grant	Q4 2012	€11,000
31 Dec 2012	Football4Peace	Reconciliation Fund 2012 · Football4Peace	Grant	Q4 2012	€15,000
31 Dec 2012	Forge Family Resource Centre	Reconciliation Fund 2012 · Forge Family Resource Centre	Grant	Q4 2012	€20,000
31 Dec 2012	Forum for Alternative Belfast CIC	Reconciliation Fund 2012 · Forum for Alternative Belfast CIC	Grant	Q4 2012	€8,000
31 Dec 2012	Foyle Women's Information Network	Reconciliation Fund 2012 · Foyle Women's Information Network	Grant	Q4 2012	€9,000
31 Dec 2012	Friends Forever Europe	Reconciliation Fund 2012 · Friends Forever Europe	Grant	Q4 2012	€12,500
31 Dec 2012	Gasyard Development Trust	Reconciliation Fund 2012 · Gasyard Development Trust	Grant	Q4 2012	€8,000
31 Dec 2012	Giants Community Foundation	Reconciliation Fund 2012 · Giants Community Foundation	Grant	Q4 2012	€20,000
31 Dec 2012	Glaslough Development Association	Reconciliation Fund 2012 · Glaslough Development Association	Grant	Q4 2012	€15,000
31 Dec 2012	Glencree Centre for Peace & Reconciliation	Reconciliation Fund 2012 · Glencree Centre for Peace & Reconciliation	Grant	Q4 2012	€195,000
31 Dec 2012	Habitat for Humanity NI	Reconciliation Fund 2012 · Habitat for Humanity NI	Grant	Q4 2012	€10,000
31 Dec 2012	Harryville Partnership Initiative	Reconciliation Fund 2012 · Harryville Partnership Initiative	Grant	Q4 2012	€4,000
31 Dec 2012	Healing through Remembering	Reconciliation Fund 2012 · Healing through Remembering	Grant	Q4 2012	€25,000
31 Dec 2012	Holy Cross Retreat	Reconciliation Fund 2012 · Holy Cross Retreat	Grant	Q4 2012	€40,000
31 Dec 2012	Holy Family Youth Centre	Reconciliation Fund 2012 · Holy Family Youth Centre	Grant	Q4 2012	€9,000
31 Dec 2012	Institute for British Irish Studies	Reconciliation Fund 2012 · Institute for British Irish Studies	Grant	Q4 2012	€30,000
31 Dec 2012	Interaction Belfast	Reconciliation Fund 2012 · Interaction Belfast	Grant	Q4 2012	€12,500
31 Dec 2012	Irish Association for Cultural Economic & Social Relations	Reconciliation Fund 2012 · Irish Association for Cultural Economic & Social Relations	Grant	Q4 2012	€4,000
31 Dec 2012	Irish Peace Institute Limerick	Reconciliation Fund 2012 · Irish Peace Institute Limerick	Grant	Q4 2012	€30,000
31 Dec 2012	Karen McCarthy	Reconciliation Fund 2012 · Karen McCarthy	Grant	Q4 2012	€4,000
31 Dec 2012	Kids in Control	Reconciliation Fund 2012 · Kids in Control	Grant	Q4 2012	€9,000
31 Dec 2012	Kilcooley Women's Centre	Reconciliation Fund 2012 · Kilcooley Women's Centre	Grant	Q4 2012	€20,000
31 Dec 2012	Le Chéile CDP Beyond Beliefs Project	Reconciliation Fund 2012 · Le Chéile CDP Beyond Beliefs Project	Grant	Q4 2012	€4,550
31 Dec 2012	Ligoniel Family Centre	Reconciliation Fund 2012 · Ligoniel Family Centre	Grant	Q4 2012	€8,000
31 Dec 2012	London Irish Studies Seminar Group, King's College London	Reconciliation Fund 2012 · London Irish Studies Seminar Group, King's College London	Grant	Q4 2012	€5,300
31 Dec 2012	Lower Shankill Community Association	Reconciliation Fund 2012 · Lower Shankill Community Association	Grant	Q4 2012	€9,700
31 Dec 2012	Maiden City Festival Committee	Reconciliation Fund 2012 · Maiden City Festival Committee	Grant	Q4 2012	€35,000
31 Dec 2012	Markets Development Association	Reconciliation Fund 2012 · Markets Development Association	Grant	Q4 2012	€5,000
31 Dec 2012	Monaghan County Museum	Reconciliation Fund 2012 · Monaghan County Museum	Grant	Q4 2012	€5,500
31 Dec 2012	Music Generation Louth	Reconciliation Fund 2012 · Music Generation Louth	Grant	Q4 2012	€9,000
31 Dec 2012	Newtowncunningham Community Development Initiative Ltd	Reconciliation Fund 2012 · Newtowncunningham Community Development Initiative Ltd	Grant	Q4 2012	€12,000
31 Dec 2012	North Belfast Community Development & Transition Group	Reconciliation Fund 2012 · North Belfast Community Development & Transition Group	Grant	Q4 2012	€9,700
31 Dec 2012	North West Play Resource Centre (The Playhouse)	Reconciliation Fund 2012 · North West Play Resource Centre (The Playhouse)	Grant	Q4 2012	€10,000
31 Dec 2012	Northern Ireland Centre for Trauma & Transformation Trust	Reconciliation Fund 2012 · Northern Ireland Centre for Trauma & Transformation Trust	Grant	Q4 2012	€8,000
31 Dec 2012	Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education	Reconciliation Fund 2012 · Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education	Grant	Q4 2012	€20,000
31 Dec 2012	Northern Ireland Mixed Marriage Association	Reconciliation Fund 2012 · Northern Ireland Mixed Marriage Association	Grant	Q4 2012	€15,000

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

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Coverage and quality vary. Some fields are blank, supplier names are free text (the same firm can appear under many labels), and descriptions are inconsistent rather than a controlled taxonomy. An amount alone says nothing about value for money and it may or may not include VAT.

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