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The Teaching Council

The Teaching Council promotes teaching as a profession, supports teachers' professional development, and works to maintain and improve the quality of teaching. It registers and regulates teachers and provides for standards, policies and procedures for their education and training.

The Teaching Council Act 2001 established a council known in Irish as An Chomhairle Mhúinteoireachta and in English as the Teaching Council, to stand established on an establishment day. An order appointing that day was not confirmed in the sources retrieved.

189 spending records on file.

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3.3/5

66% transparent

Machine readable 0.0/1

Descriptions 1.0/1

Uniqueness 0.3/1

Supplier number 1.0/1

Supplier name 1.0/1

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Payment date^*	Supplier	Description	Kind	Publication	Amount
30 Jun 2026	Abtran	Managed Administration Services	Purchase Order	Q2 2026	€357,635
30 Jun 2026	Fieldfisher	Legal Fees	Purchase Order	Q2 2026	€392,888
30 Jun 2026	Lex Consultancy	Agency Staff Costs	Purchase Order	Q2 2026	€36,452
30 Jun 2026	Mary Immaculate College	Research Funding	Purchase Order	Q2 2026	€21,000
30 Jun 2026	Nostra Systems	ICT Managed Services and Equipment	Purchase Order	Q2 2026	€24,588
30 Jun 2026	Paragon Customer Communications Ireland Ltd	Print, fulfillment and Postage Services	Purchase Order	Q2 2026	€69,043
30 Jun 2026	Silverbear Limited	Registration Database maintenance & development	Purchase Order	Q2 2026	€40,877
31 Mar 2026	Abtran	Managed Administration Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2026	€230,582
31 Mar 2026	Applied Materials Ltd	Costs relating to fire-stopping and remediation works	Purchase Order	Q1 2026	€38,812
31 Mar 2026	BH Associates	Preparation of Insights Report	Purchase Order	Q1 2026	€28,840
31 Mar 2026	Cloud Application Services	Annual fees re Online eVetting portal	Purchase Order	Q1 2026	€37,935
31 Mar 2026	Datapac	ICT Equipment	Purchase Order	Q1 2026	€30,597
31 Mar 2026	EBSCO Internation Inc.	Online Research Library annual fees	Purchase Order	Q1 2026	€26,125
31 Mar 2026	Fieldfisher	Legal Fees	Purchase Order	Q1 2026	€239,184
31 Mar 2026	FLEXEIR Facilities Management Services Ltd (K-MAC)	Facilities Management & Maintenance	Purchase Order	Q1 2026	€52,722
31 Mar 2026	Maynooth Business Campus Management Ltd	Business Campus Management Fees	Purchase Order	Q1 2026	€51,050
31 Mar 2026	Nostra Systems	ICT Managed Services and Equipment	Purchase Order	Q1 2026	€22,628
31 Mar 2026	Paragon Customer Communications Ireland Ltd	Print, fulfillment and Postage Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2026	€23,851
31 Mar 2026	Silverbear Limited	Registration Database maintenance & development	Purchase Order	Q1 2026	€84,732
31 Dec 2025	Abtran	Managed Administration Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2025	€472,517
31 Dec 2025	BDO	Internal Audit Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2025	€28,479
31 Dec 2025	Cloud Application Services	Online eVetting portal	Purchase Order	Q4 2025	€27,180
31 Dec 2025	Fieldfisher	Legal Fees	Purchase Order	Q4 2025	€449,934
31 Dec 2025	Mazars	Funding Review	Purchase Order	Q4 2025	€40,697
31 Dec 2025	Paragon Customer Communications Ireland Ltd	Print, fulfillment and Postage Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2025	€36,826
31 Dec 2025	Silverbear Limited	Registration Database maintenance & development	Purchase Order	Q4 2025	€69,490
31 Dec 2025	University of Limerick Research	Longitudinal Research Project	Purchase Order	Q4 2025	€177,500
30 Sep 2025	Abtran	Managed Administration Services	Purchase Order	Q3 2025	€353,581
30 Sep 2025	Cloud Application Services	Online eVetting portal	Purchase Order	Q3 2025	€34,920
30 Sep 2025	DHR Consultancy Ltd t/a DHR Communications	PR Services	Purchase Order	Q3 2025	€30,458
30 Sep 2025	Fieldfisher	Legal Fees	Purchase Order	Q3 2025	€316,331
30 Sep 2025	K-MAC Facilities Management Services Ltd	Facilities Management & Maintenance	Purchase Order	Q3 2025	€41,160
30 Sep 2025	Nostra Systems	ICT Managed Services and Equipment	Purchase Order	Q3 2025	€29,762
30 Sep 2025	Paragon Customer Communications Ireland Ltd	Print, fulfillment and Postage Services	Purchase Order	Q3 2025	€34,546
30 Sep 2025	Silverbear Limited	Registration Database maintenance & development	Purchase Order	Q3 2025	€34,114
30 Jun 2025	Abtran	Managed Administration Services	Purchase Order	Q2 2025	€349,354
30 Jun 2025	Fieldfisher	Legal Fees	Purchase Order	Q2 2025	€408,811
30 Jun 2025	K-MAC Facilities Management Services Ltd	Facilities Management & Maintenance	Purchase Order	Q2 2025	€59,746
30 Jun 2025	Nostra Systems	ICT Managed Services and Equipment	Purchase Order	Q2 2025	€51,798
30 Jun 2025	Paragon Customer Communications Ireland Ltd	Print, fulfillment and Postage Services	Purchase Order	Q2 2025	€44,212
30 Jun 2025	Silverbear Limited	Registration Database maintenance & development	Purchase Order	Q2 2025	€34,601
31 Mar 2025	Abtran	Managed Administration Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2025	€239,615
31 Mar 2025	Cloud Application Services	Online eVetting portal	Purchase Order	Q1 2025	€30,240
31 Mar 2025	EBSCO Internation Inc.	Online Research Library	Purchase Order	Q1 2025	€25,000
31 Mar 2025	Fieldfisher	Legal Fees	Purchase Order	Q1 2025	€133,113
31 Mar 2025	Grant Thornton	Project Management services	Purchase Order	Q1 2025	€38,069
31 Mar 2025	K-MAC Facilities Management Services Ltd	Facilities Management & Maintenance	Purchase Order	Q1 2025	€48,676
31 Mar 2025	Nostra Systems	ICT Managed Services and Equipment	Purchase Order	Q1 2025	€21,060
31 Mar 2025	Paragon Customer Communications Ireland Ltd	Print, fulfillment and Postage Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2025	€25,883
31 Mar 2025	Silverbear Limited	Registration Database maintenance & development	Purchase Order	Q1 2025	€62,767

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