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EirGrid

EirGrid plc operates the electricity transmission system in Ireland. It is a State-owned public limited company registered under the Companies Acts, its shares are held by the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment, and it is regulated by the Commission for Regulation of Utilities.

The establishing legislation was not confirmed in the sources. Later Acts, including the Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (Eirgrid) Act 2008, treat EirGrid as an existing company rather than creating it.

240 spending records on file.

Transparency Score

1.1/5

22% transparent

Machine readable 0.0/1

Descriptions 1.0/1

Uniqueness 0.1/1

Supplier number 0.0/1

Supplier name 0.0/1

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Payment date^*	Description	Kind	Publication	Amount
31 Dec 2019	Admin and other	Purchase Order	Q4 2019	€616,249
31 Dec 2019	Employee and staff	Purchase Order	Q4 2019	€2,363,028
31 Dec 2019	External relations	Purchase Order	Q4 2019	€829,061
31 Dec 2019	Facilities	Purchase Order	Q4 2019	€4,052,369
31 Dec 2019	IT & Communications	Purchase Order	Q4 2019	€7,433,751
31 Dec 2019	Professional fees	Purchase Order	Q4 2019	€7,004,084
31 Mar 2020	Admin and other	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€160,884
31 Mar 2020	Employee and staff	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€1,059,023
31 Mar 2020	External relations	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€813,885
31 Mar 2020	Facilities	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€1,432,620
31 Mar 2020	IT & Communications	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€2,969,166
31 Mar 2020	Professional fees	Purchase Order	Q1 2020	€3,919,555
30 Jun 2020	Admin and other	Purchase Order	Q2 2020	€119,223
30 Jun 2020	Employee and staff	Purchase Order	Q2 2020	€1,120,170
30 Jun 2020	External relations	Purchase Order	Q2 2020	€1,080,868
30 Jun 2020	Facilities	Purchase Order	Q2 2020	€510,620
30 Jun 2020	IT & Communications	Purchase Order	Q2 2020	€10,461,338
30 Jun 2020	Professional fees	Purchase Order	Q2 2020	€3,715,106
30 Sep 2020	Employee and staff	Purchase Order	Q3 2020	€1,227,095
30 Sep 2020	External relations	Purchase Order	Q3 2020	€1,315,172
30 Sep 2020	Facilities	Purchase Order	Q3 2020	€159,412
30 Sep 2020	IT & Comms	Purchase Order	Q3 2020	€14,531,002
30 Sep 2020	Financial Services	Purchase Order	Q3 2020	€167,500
30 Sep 2020	General Business Services	Purchase Order	Q3 2020	€1,811,041
30 Sep 2020	Project Engineering Services	Purchase Order	Q3 2020	€3,232,829
30 Sep 2020	Trading costs	Purchase Order	Q3 2020	€34,301
31 Dec 2020	Employee and staff	Purchase Order	Q4 2020	€1,415,222
31 Dec 2020	External relations	Purchase Order	Q4 2020	€382,290
31 Dec 2020	Facilities	Purchase Order	Q4 2020	€4,075,152
31 Dec 2020	IT & Comms	Purchase Order	Q4 2020	€7,070,047
31 Dec 2020	Financial Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2020	€249,601
31 Dec 2020	General Business Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2020	€1,105,862
31 Dec 2020	Project Engineering Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2020	€2,049,776
31 Dec 2020	Trading costs	Purchase Order	Q4 2020	€59,707
31 Mar 2021	Admin and Other	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€870,681
31 Mar 2021	Employee and staff	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€2,009,720
31 Mar 2021	External relations	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€1,014,719
31 Mar 2021	Facilities	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€1,420,918
31 Mar 2021	IT & Comms	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€5,940,655
31 Mar 2021	Financial Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€53,333
31 Mar 2021	General Business Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€1,816,422
31 Mar 2021	Project Engineering Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€4,350,909
31 Mar 2021	Trading costs	Purchase Order	Q1 2021	€62,437
30 Jun 2021	Employee and staff	Purchase Order	Q2 2021	€4,164,205
30 Jun 2021	External relations	Purchase Order	Q2 2021	€1,441,582
30 Jun 2021	Facilities	Purchase Order	Q2 2021	€1,509,573
30 Jun 2021	IT & Comms	Purchase Order	Q2 2021	€4,249,873
30 Jun 2021	Financial Services	Purchase Order	Q2 2021	€387,675
30 Jun 2021	General Business Services	Purchase Order	Q2 2021	€1,998,352
30 Jun 2021	Project Engineering Services	Purchase Order	Q2 2021	€5,484,781

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

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