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Higher Education Authority

The Higher Education Authority, officially An tÚdarás um Ard-Oideachas, is the statutory body for the governance and regulation of higher education. It advises the Government and allocates public funding to universities, technological universities and other higher education institutions.

The Higher Education Authority Act 1971 established a body to be known as An tÚdarás um Ard-Oideachas and defined its powers and duties. The Higher Education Authority Act 2022 provides for changes to its functions and governance and to its oversight of designated higher education institutions. An establishment-day order under the 1971 Act was not confirmed in the text retrieved.

324 spending records on file.

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3.2/5

64% transparent

Machine readable 0.0/1

Descriptions 1.0/1

Uniqueness 0.8/1

Supplier number 0.5/1

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Payment date^*	Supplier	Description	Kind	Publication	Amount
13 Mar 2017	Trutz Haase Social and Economic Consultants	Consultancy Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€20,000
20 Mar 2017	Alice PR and Events	Public Relations Consultancy Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€35,250
20 Mar 2017	Alice PR and Events	Public Relations Consultancy Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€22,500
09 Feb 2017	Vidatum Technologies	ICT Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€25,500
12 Feb 2017	GTI Media	Higher Education Event Sponsorship	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€19,950
14 Jul 2017	Computer Futures	Oracle Database Services 1 Year	Purchase Order	Q2 2017	€120,270
11 Aug 2017	Irish Universities Association Marie Currie Office 2017		Purchase Order	Q2 2017	€80,000
28 Jun 2017	Union of Students in Ireland	HEA grant to support homes.usi.ie website HEA Support for Student Stipends Student	Purchase Order	Q2 2017	€30,000
09 May 2017	Fulbright Commission	Award Cycle 2017-2018 HEA and IRC Sponsorship of Science TV	Purchase Order	Q2 2017	€25,000
06 Jun 2017	New Decade	Documentary	Purchase Order	Q2 2017	€40,000
20 Dec 2017	Irish Universities Association	IRC Grant to support Irish Marie Currie Research Programme Office 2018; €80,000 and €10,000 additional funding for 2017	Purchase Order	Q4 2017	€90,000
06 Dec 2017	Equality Challenge Unit	Gender Equality Project	Purchase Order	Q4 2017	€19,035
12 Oct 2017	Insight Statistical Consulting	Extension of tender contract for coding of Socio- Economic Data (duration One Academic Year)for National Access Office	Purchase Order	Q4 2017	€49,800
16 Mar 2018	New Decade	HEA and IRC Sponsorship of "10 Things about" TV Science Documentary	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€40,000
22 Feb 2018	Polwarth	Consultancy Services to IRC	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€25,000
03 Apr 2018	Alice PR and Events	Professional Services - PR Consultancy	Purchase Order	Q2 2018	€46,800
11 Apr 2018	BMI	Conference Event Management	Purchase Order	Q2 2018	€27,823
16 May 2018	Deloitte Ireland LLP	Professional Services - Audit/Financial	Purchase Order	Q2 2018	€20,000
05 Jun 2018	Undergraduate Awards of Ireland	Contribution to Undergraduate Awards	Purchase Order	Q2 2018	€25,000
07 Jun 2018	BH Associates Education Consultants	Professional Services - Consultancy	Purchase Order	Q2 2018	€22,000
07 Jun 2018	Alice PR and Events	Professional Services - PR Consultancy	Purchase Order	Q2 2018	€23,100
08 Jun 2018	Fitzpatrick Associates	Professional Services - Consultancy	Purchase Order	Q2 2018	€29,750
20 Jul 2018	BH Associates Education Consultants	Professional Services - Consultancy	Purchase Order	Q3 2018	€24,000
01 Aug 2018	SThree Staffing Ireland Ltd	Professional Services - ICT Consultancy	Purchase Order	Q3 2018	€90,060
04 Sep 2018	Communicorp Media Ltd	Advertisements	Purchase Order	Q3 2018	€32,640
12 Sep 2018	Deloitte Ireland LLP	Professional Services - Financial/Audit	Purchase Order	Q3 2018	€47,508
12 Sep 2018	Deloitte Ireland LLP	Professional Services - Financial/Audit	Purchase Order	Q3 2018	€30,225
12 Sep 2018	Insight Statistical Consulting	Professional Services - Consultancy	Purchase Order	Q3 2018	€49,800
20 Sep 2018	Deloitte Ireland LLP	Professional Services - Financial/Audit	Purchase Order	Q3 2018	€37,280
25 Sep 2018	PFH Technology Group	ICT	Purchase Order	Q3 2018	€22,616
08 Oct 2018	Autoaddress	Software Licences	Purchase Order	Q4 2018	€25,550
07 Dec 2018	Mazars	Professional Services - Consultancy	Purchase Order	Q4 2018	€24,700
12 Dec 2018	Insight Statistical Consulting	Professional Services - Consultancy	Purchase Order	Q4 2018	€70,000
14 Dec 2018	Deloitte Ireland LLP	Professional Services - Financial/Audit	Purchase Order	Q4 2018	€20,143
14 Dec 2018	Deloitte Ireland LLP	Professional Services - Financial/Audit	Purchase Order	Q4 2018	€20,143
28 Jan 2019	Vidatum Technologies	ICT Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€26,520
31 Jan 2019	Deloitte Ireland LLP	Professional Services - Financial/Audit	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€20,143
15 Feb 2019	Alice PR and Events	Professional Services - PR Consultancy	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€46,800
19 Mar 2019	Deloitte Ireland LLP	Professional Services - Financial/Audit	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€30,225
20 Mar 2019	Deloitte Ireland LLP	Professional Services - Financial/Audit	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€47,663
29 Mar 2019	Treflor	Carpet installation & remove of old	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€46,469
04 Feb 2019	Deloitte Ireland LLP	Professional Services - Financial/Audit	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€20,143
04 Feb 2019	Deloitte Ireland LLP	Professional Services - Financial/Audit	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€20,143
04 Feb 2019	Deloitte Ireland LLP	Professional Services - Financial/Audit	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€20,143
04 Feb 2019	Deloitte Ireland LLP	Professional Services - Financial/Audit	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€20,143
12 Apr 2019	Deloitte Ireland LLP	Professional Services - Audit/Financial	Purchase Order	Q2 2019	€28,222
01 Apr 2019	Lantech IT Services Ltd	ICT	Purchase Order	Q2 2019	€20,717
03 Apr 2019	Mazars	Professional Services - Consultancy	Purchase Order	Q2 2019	€23,750
09 May 2019	SThree Staffing Ireland Ltd	Professional Services - ICT Consultancy	Purchase Order	Q2 2019	€34,200
21 May 2019	Fuzion Communications	Professional Services - PR Consultancy	Purchase Order	Q2 2019	€20,480

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

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