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KARE Central Services

KARE provides services and supports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities and/or autism, and for their families, principally in Kildare, East Offaly and West Wicklow. Central Services covers the organisation's shared operational functions.

KARE is a voluntary disability service provider and FOI body. A body-specific establishment Act was not identified on the Irish Statute Book; its work sits within Ireland's wider disability and social-care arrangements rather than a single founding statute under this name.

413 spending records on file.

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2.5/5

50% transparent

Machine readable 0.0/1

Descriptions 0.9/1

Uniqueness 0.5/1

Supplier number 0.0/1

Supplier name 1.0/1

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Payment date^*	Supplier	Description	Kind	Publication	Amount
30 Sep 2016	Aon MacDonalgh Boland Insurance	Quarter 3 Insurance 2016	Purchase Order	Q3 2016	€39,176
30 Sep 2016	EMO	Motor Fuel & Heating Oil	Purchase Order	Q3 2016	€29,620
30 Sep 2016	Bord Gais	Electricity & Heat	Purchase Order	Q3 2016	€28,361
30 Sep 2016	Apollo Insulation Construction Ltd.	Extension to Clane LS	Purchase Order	Q3 2016	€60,800
31 Dec 2016	Apollo Insulation Construction Ltd.	Extension to Clane Local Service	Purchase Order	Q4 2016	€30,850
31 Dec 2016	Bord Gais	Electricity & Heat	Purchase Order	Q4 2016	€41,107
31 Dec 2016	Edward O'Loughlin	Refurbishment Tinahealy Local Service	Purchase Order	Q4 2016	€20,009
31 Dec 2016	D & M Truck Engineering Ltd	Vehicle Repairs & DOE works	Purchase Order	Q4 2016	€20,240
31 Dec 2016	Kildare Local Transport Link Ltd T/A K. S. D. L. L	Contract Transport	Purchase Order	Q4 2016	€25,645
31 Dec 2016	EMO	Heating Oil & Motor Fuel	Purchase Order	Q4 2016	€45,019
31 Dec 2016	Aon MacDonalgh Boland Insurance	Annual Insurance Oct 2016 - Oct 2017	Purchase Order	Q4 2016	€43,597
31 Mar 2017	EMO	Fuelcards	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€30,763
31 Mar 2017	Kildare Local Transport Link Ltd T/A K. S. D. L. L	Contract Transport	Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€25,955
30 Jun 2017	EMO	Fuelcards	Purchase Order	Q2 2017	€27,475
30 Jun 2017	Kildare Local Transport Link Ltd T/A K. S. D. L. L	Contract Transport	Purchase Order	Q2 2017	€25,315
30 Sep 2017	EMO	Fuelcards	Purchase Order	Q3 2017	€25,500
30 Sep 2017	Kildare Local Transport Link Ltd T/A K. S. D. L. L	Contract Transport	Purchase Order	Q3 2017	€20,512
31 Dec 2017	AON	Insurance	Purchase Order	Q4 2017	€44,046
31 Dec 2017	Topaz	Fuelcards	Purchase Order	Q4 2017	€33,742
31 Dec 2017	Parfit	New Bus	Purchase Order	Q4 2017	€66,111
31 Dec 2017	Kildare Local Transport Link Ltd T/A K. S. D. L. L	Contract Transport	Purchase Order	Q4 2017	€35,944
31 Mar 2018	McKeon Construction Ltd. T/a Mckeon Group	Repair Works -	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€29,551
31 Mar 2018	Viridian Energia	Electricity Supply -	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€26,962
31 Mar 2018	Kildare Local Transport Link Ltd T/A K. S. D. L. L Total Contract Transport	-	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€27,270
31 Mar 2018	Active Electrical/Norman Glynn Electrical Limited TotalAlarm Panel Upgrade	-	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€67,807
31 Mar 2018	Parfit Ltd	Contract Transport -	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€66,437
31 Mar 2018	Circle K Fuel Card	Vehicle Fuel -	Purchase Order	Q1 2018	€33,169
30 Jun 2018	Circle K Fuel Card	Vehicle Fuel -	Purchase Order	Q2 2018	€25,879
30 Jun 2018	Viridian Energia	Electricity Supply -	Purchase Order	Q2 2018	€24,429
30 Jun 2018	Anne Coffey	Consultancy -	Purchase Order	Q2 2018	€21,742
30 Jun 2018	Kildare Local Transport Link Ltd T/A K. S. D. L. L Total Contract Transport	-	Purchase Order	Q2 2018	€26,445
30 Sep 2018	Anne Coffey	Consultancy -	Purchase Order	Q3 2018	€29,889
30 Sep 2018	Edward O'Loughlin	Refurbishment -	Purchase Order	Q3 2018	€46,364
30 Sep 2018	Circle K Fuel Card	Vehicle Fuel -	Purchase Order	Q3 2018	€24,227
31 Dec 2018	Kildare Local Transport Link Ltd T/A K. S. D. L. L	Contract Transport -	Purchase Order	Q4 2018	€45,470
31 Dec 2018	Aon MacDonalgh Boland Insurance	Insurance -	Purchase Order	Q4 2018	€47,739
31 Dec 2018	Motability Ireland Ltd	3 Second Hand Buses -	Purchase Order	Q4 2018	€91,000
31 Dec 2018	Edward O'Loughlin	Refurbishment/Repairs -	Purchase Order	Q4 2018	€50,778
31 Dec 2018	D & M Truck Engineering Ltd	Vehicle Repairs -	Purchase Order	Q4 2018	€22,536
31 Dec 2018	O'Brien's Plumbing & Heating	Refurbishment/Repairs -	Purchase Order	Q4 2018	€27,070
31 Dec 2018	Circle K Fuel Card	Vehicle Fuel -	Purchase Order	Q4 2018	€28,094
31 Dec 2018	Anne Coffey	Consultancy -	Purchase Order	Q4 2018	€31,486
31 Dec 2018	Datapac Ltd.	Helpdesk/PCs/Managed Print -	Purchase Order	Q4 2018	€38,967
31 Dec 2018	Active Electrical/Norman Glynn Electrical Limited	Refurbishment/Repairs -	Purchase Order	Q4 2018	€39,372
31 Mar 2019	Circle K Fuel Card	Vehicle Fuel	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€27,865
31 Mar 2019	Gerald Stakelum Ltd	Supply of Office Furniture	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€27,821
31 Mar 2019	Datapac Ltd.	Helpdesk/PCs/Managed Print	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€22,412
31 Mar 2019	Kildare Local Transport Link Ltd T/A K. S. D. L. L	Contract Transport	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€33,668
31 Mar 2019	Edward O'Loughlin	Refurbishment/Repairs	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€31,740
31 Mar 2019	Anne Coffey	Consultancy	Purchase Order	Q1 2019	€29,708

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