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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
30 Jun 2021	Trading costs	Purchase Order	Q2 2021	€46,150
30 Sep 2021	Employee and staff	Purchase Order	Q3 2021	€4,764,879
30 Sep 2021	External relations	Purchase Order	Q3 2021	€470,196
30 Sep 2021	Facilities	Purchase Order	Q3 2021	€1,836,876
30 Sep 2021	IT & Comms	Purchase Order	Q3 2021	€11,855,001
30 Sep 2021	Financial Services	Purchase Order	Q3 2021	€49,999
30 Sep 2021	General Business Services	Purchase Order	Q3 2021	€1,495,494
30 Sep 2021	Project Engineering Services	Purchase Order	Q3 2021	€6,879,478
30 Sep 2021	Trading costs	Purchase Order	Q3 2021	€47,483
30 Sep 2021	Travel and expenses	Purchase Order	Q3 2021	€45,634
31 Dec 2021	Admin and Other	Purchase Order	Q4 2021	€589,011
31 Dec 2021	Employee and staff	Purchase Order	Q4 2021	€4,403,244
31 Dec 2021	External relations	Purchase Order	Q4 2021	€322,631
31 Dec 2021	Facilities	Purchase Order	Q4 2021	€298,512
31 Dec 2021	IT & Comms	Purchase Order	Q4 2021	€8,638,002
31 Dec 2021	Financial Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2021	€675,023
31 Dec 2021	General Business Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2021	€2,211,996
31 Dec 2021	Project Engineering Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2021	€6,368,813
31 Dec 2021	Trading costs	Purchase Order	Q4 2021	€210,509
31 Mar 2022	Admin and Other	Purchase Order	Q1 2022	€120,053
31 Mar 2022	Employee and staff	Purchase Order	Q1 2022	€6,042,254
31 Mar 2022	External relations	Purchase Order	Q1 2022	€1,419,856
31 Mar 2022	Facilities	Purchase Order	Q1 2022	€1,839,234
31 Mar 2022	IT & Comms	Purchase Order	Q1 2022	€3,846,165
31 Mar 2022	Financial Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2022	€25,000
31 Mar 2022	General Business Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2022	€2,106,743
31 Mar 2022	Project Engineering Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2022	€1,956,669
31 Mar 2022	Trading costs	Purchase Order	Q1 2022	€159,460
30 Jun 2022	Admin and Other	Purchase Order	Q2 2022	€21,988
30 Jun 2022	Employee and staff	Purchase Order	Q2 2022	€5,510,424
30 Jun 2022	External relations	Purchase Order	Q2 2022	€2,620,403
30 Jun 2022	Facilities	Purchase Order	Q2 2022	€1,626,935
30 Jun 2022	IT & Comms	Purchase Order	Q2 2022	€11,900,272
30 Jun 2022	Financial Services	Purchase Order	Q2 2022	€88,603
30 Jun 2022	General Business Services	Purchase Order	Q2 2022	€1,981,635
30 Jun 2022	Project Engineering Services	Purchase Order	Q2 2022	€5,611,754
30 Jun 2022	Trading costs	Purchase Order	Q2 2022	€401,369
30 Sep 2022	Admin and Other	Purchase Order	Q3 2022	€115,000
30 Sep 2022	Employee and staff	Purchase Order	Q3 2022	€6,803,864
30 Sep 2022	External relations	Purchase Order	Q3 2022	€763,163
30 Sep 2022	Facilities	Purchase Order	Q3 2022	€1,887,213
30 Sep 2022	IT & Comms	Purchase Order	Q3 2022	€12,756,706
30 Sep 2022	General Business Services	Purchase Order	Q3 2022	€4,067,915
30 Sep 2022	Project Engineering Services	Purchase Order	Q3 2022	€8,994,720
30 Sep 2022	Trading costs	Purchase Order	Q3 2022	€53,199
31 Dec 2022	Admin and Other	Purchase Order	Q4 2022	€77,000
31 Dec 2022	Employee and staff	Purchase Order	Q4 2022	€3,543,888
31 Dec 2022	External relations	Purchase Order	Q4 2022	€860,614
31 Dec 2022	Facilities	Purchase Order	Q4 2022	€1,688,473
31 Dec 2022	IT & Comms	Purchase Order	Q4 2022	€10,819,002

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

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