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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 2022	Financial Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2022	€1,182,138
31 Dec 2022	General Business Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2022	€55,388,745
31 Dec 2022	Project Engineering Services (including Celtic costs)	Purchase Order	Q4 2022	€104,784,061
31 Dec 2022	Trading costs	Purchase Order	Q4 2022	€664,045
31 Mar 2023	Admin and Other (including Celtic and Generation costs)	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€267,290,446
31 Mar 2023	Employee and staff	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€7,544,274
31 Mar 2023	External relations	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€1,641,674
31 Mar 2023	Facilities	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€3,159,150
31 Mar 2023	IT & Comms	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€7,625,307
31 Mar 2023	General Business Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€4,728,830
31 Mar 2023	Project Engineering Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€8,300,340
31 Mar 2023	Trading costs	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€187,238
30 Jun 2023	Admin and Other (including Celtic and Generation costs)	Purchase Order	Q2 2023	€217,815,764
30 Jun 2023	Employee and staff	Purchase Order	Q2 2023	€9,875,734
30 Jun 2023	External relations	Purchase Order	Q2 2023	€1,346,296
30 Jun 2023	Facilities	Purchase Order	Q2 2023	€2,033,949
30 Jun 2023	IT & Comms	Purchase Order	Q2 2023	€5,529,576
30 Jun 2023	Financial Services	Purchase Order	Q2 2023	€550,383
30 Jun 2023	General Business Services	Purchase Order	Q2 2023	€4,395,658
30 Jun 2023	Project Engineering Services	Purchase Order	Q2 2023	€11,582,404
30 Jun 2023	Trading costs	Purchase Order	Q2 2023	€99,825
30 Sep 2023	Admin and Other (including Celtic and Generation costs)	Purchase Order	Q3 2023	€594,164,123
30 Sep 2023	Employee and staff	Purchase Order	Q3 2023	€8,142,960
30 Sep 2023	External relations	Purchase Order	Q3 2023	€1,410,539
30 Sep 2023	Facilities	Purchase Order	Q3 2023	€1,938,155
30 Sep 2023	IT & Comms	Purchase Order	Q3 2023	€15,915,006
30 Sep 2023	Financial Services	Purchase Order	Q3 2023	€518,433
30 Sep 2023	General Business Services	Purchase Order	Q3 2023	€8,569,562
30 Sep 2023	Project Engineering Services	Purchase Order	Q3 2023	€7,273,089
30 Sep 2023	Trading costs	Purchase Order	Q3 2023	€149,766
31 Dec 2023	Admin and Other (including Celtic and Generation costs)	Purchase Order	Q4 2023	€274,863,384
31 Dec 2023	Employee and staff	Purchase Order	Q4 2023	€15,402,868
31 Dec 2023	External relations	Purchase Order	Q4 2023	€1,072,170
31 Dec 2023	Facilities	Purchase Order	Q4 2023	€2,716,624
31 Dec 2023	IT & Comms	Purchase Order	Q4 2023	€9,688,496
31 Dec 2023	Financial Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2023	€5,583,993
31 Dec 2023	General Business Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2023	€7,201,295
31 Dec 2023	Project Engineering Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2023	€11,552,679
31 Dec 2023	Trading costs	Purchase Order	Q4 2023	€105,842
31 Mar 2024	Admin and Other	Purchase Order	Q1 2024	€139,510
31 Mar 2024	Employee and staff	Purchase Order	Q1 2024	€11,105,750
31 Mar 2024	External relations	Purchase Order	Q1 2024	€1,116,526
31 Mar 2024	Facilities	Purchase Order	Q1 2024	€2,678,020
31 Mar 2024	IT & Comms	Purchase Order	Q1 2024	€11,834,921
31 Mar 2024	Financial Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2024	€528,316
31 Mar 2024	General Business Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2024	€5,817,508
31 Mar 2024	Project Engineering Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2024	€5,477,370
31 Mar 2024	Trading costs	Purchase Order	Q1 2024	€96,063
31 Mar 2024	Travel and expenses	Purchase Order	Q1 2024	€40,000
30 Jun 2024	Admin and Other	Purchase Order	Q2 2024	€223,038

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

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