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Western Development Commission

The Western Development Commission promotes economic and social development in the counties of Clare, Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon and Sligo.

The Western Development Commission Act 1998 established the commission for that purpose. S.I. No. 9/1999 appointed 1 February 1999 as the establishment day.

129 spending records on file.

Transparency Score

3.8/5

76% transparent

Machine readable 0.2/1

Descriptions 1.0/1

Uniqueness 0.6/1

Supplier number 1.0/1

Supplier name 1.0/1

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Payment date^*	Supplier	Description	Kind	Publication	Amount
27 Sep 2021	Governance Ireland	Business Consultancy	Purchase Order	Q3 2021	€23,370
28 Sep 2021	BaseWorx Technologies Ltd	Connected Hubs Platform	Purchase Order	Q3 2021	€147,780
28 Sep 2021	BaseWorx Technologies Ltd	Connected Hubs Platform	Purchase Order	Q3 2021	€794,250
30 Sep 2021	Waterford Institute of Technology	Training & Development	Purchase Order	Q3 2021	€35,000
21 Jul 2022	BaseWorx Technologies Ltd	Connected Hubs Platform	Purchase Order	Q3 2022	€49,200
19 Sep 2022	BaseWorx Technologies Ltd	Connected Hubs Platform	Purchase Order	Q3 2022	€124,161
25 Jul 2023	BaseWorx Technologies Ltd	Connected Hubs Platform	Purchase Order	Q3 2023	€158,958
07 Sep 2023	Club travel	Travel Management	Purchase Order	Q3 2023	€20,542
27 Sep 2023	Dundara Productions Ltd	Media Production	Purchase Order	Q3 2023	€24,600
04 Jul 2024	BaseWorx Technologies Ltd	Connected Hubs Platform	Purchase Order	Q3 2024	€301,931
05 Jul 2024	bigO creative Ltd t/a bigO	Connected Hubs Marketing	Purchase Order	Q3 2024	€161,754
16 Jul 2024	Core Full Solutions Ltd	Connected Hubs Marketing	Purchase Order	Q3 2024	€60,025
23 Jul 2024	Hyland Coaching T/A The Core Story	Business Consultancy	Purchase Order	Q3 2024	€36,900
19 Aug 2024	BaseWorx Technologies Ltd	Connected Hubs Platform	Purchase Order	Q3 2024	€73,143
19 Aug 2024	BaseWorx Technologies Ltd	Connected Hubs Platform	Purchase Order	Q3 2024	€438,864
23 Sep 2024	iGrant Technology Ltd	Event Mangement	Purchase Order	Q3 2024	€35,000
31 Dec 2018	Environmental Research Institute	GREBE Claim 5 Partner Payment	Purchase Order	Q4 2018	€26,724
31 Dec 2018	Natural Resources Institute Finland	GREBE Claim 5 Partner Payment	Purchase Order	Q4 2018	€43,692
31 Dec 2018	Karelia University of Applied Sciences	GREBE Claim 5 Partner Payment	Purchase Order	Q4 2018	€24,002
31 Dec 2019	PMG Consult	Development of Strategy for AEC & Hubs Project	Purchase Order	Q4 2019	€30,369
31 Dec 2019	Comhoibriu CLG	WDC contribution to cost of Project Manager	Purchase Order	Q4 2019	€20,000
31 Dec 2019	Governance Ireland	Code of Governance Development	Purchase Order	Q4 2019	€50,246
31 Dec 2019	New Graphic	Web Development & Branding	Purchase Order	Q4 2019	€48,708
31 Dec 2019	Karelia University of Applied Sciences	GREBE Claim 6 Partner Payment	Purchase Order	Q4 2019	€40,028
31 Dec 2019	Environmental Research Institute	GREBE Claim 6 Partner Payment	Purchase Order	Q4 2019	€46,240
31 Dec 2019	Natural Resources Institute Finland	GREBE Claim 6 Partner Payment	Purchase Order	Q4 2019	€35,403
02 Dec 2020	Fuzion Communications	Connected Hubs Marketing	Purchase Order	Q4 2020	€52,370
07 Dec 2021	Comhoibriu CLG	Smart/Green Initiative	Purchase Order	Q4 2021	€20,000
07 Dec 2021	Roscommon County Council	Smart/Green Initiative	Purchase Order	Q4 2021	€25,000
17 Dec 2021	Spark Foundry	Connected Hubs Marketing	Purchase Order	Q4 2021	€249,690
17 Nov 2022	Talent Focused Solutions Ltd	Recruitment Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2022	€9,324
30 Nov 2022	Galway City Innovation District	ARISE - Social Enterprise Training	Purchase Order	Q4 2022	€41,712
15 Dec 2022	Conference Organisers	Event Mangement	Purchase Order	Q4 2022	€22,712
30 Dec 2022	Cliara Development Company DAC	Public consultation work for Living Labs	Purchase Order	Q4 2022	€20,000
20 Oct 2023	Dundara Productions Ltd	Media Production	Purchase Order	Q4 2023	€29,520
14 Dec 2023	Dundara Productions Ltd	Media Production	Purchase Order	Q4 2023	€58,000
22 Oct 2024	Clean Technology Centre	Economic Analysis Report and Technology Audit & Report	Purchase Order	Q4 2024	€24,600
05 Nov 2024	Indecon International Economic Consultants	Business Consultancy	Purchase Order	Q4 2024	€36,802
15 Nov 2024	HCS Business Solutions	IT Support	Purchase Order	Q4 2024	€28,936
20 Nov 2024	Changeable Behaviour Solutions	Research Delivery Resources & Report	Purchase Order	Q4 2024	€20,910
22 Nov 2024	Fastlane Audio Visual	Technical Support	Purchase Order	Q4 2024	€20,151
17 Dec 2024	Byrne Wallace Solicitors	Legal Advisory Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2024	€41,343
18 Dec 2024	Dundara Productions Ltd	Media Production	Purchase Order	Q4 2024	€24,000
06 Jul 2026	Orla King	HR Services	Purchase Order	Q3 2026	€24,600
21 Jul 2026	IFAC	Development of a framework to measure the Socio-Economic Impact of Biochar development	Purchase Order	Q3 2026	€47,847
04 Sep 2026	Focusphere	IT Support	Purchase Order	Q3 2026	€42,100
22 Sep 2026	Blu Zebra	Creative Sector Needs Analysis	Purchase Order	Q3 2026	€46,950
23 Sep 2026	One Productions	Content Creation	Purchase Order	Q3 2026	€23,895
21 Apr 2026	Dexcom Stadium	Summit	Purchase Order	Q2 2026	€22,540
22 May 2026	Fastlane Audio Visual	Technical Production of events	Purchase Order	Q2 2026	€28,905

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