Purchase Orders Over €20,000 Q1 2015

Spending records

Payment date^*	Supplier	Description	Kind	Amount
31 Mar 2015	Applanix Ltd	INFOMAR project - hardware upgrade equipment for national marine mapping programme Notes:  Suppliers subject to Withholding Tax will have it deducted at point of payment which may decrease the amount actually paid to under €20,000.  Purchase Orders are inclusive of VAT where appropriate.  Penalty Interest may be added at point of payment for late payments over 30 days (or whatever is agreed with the supplier) which will increase the payment.  The report includes payments for goods or services and does not include grants-in-aid, reimbursements etc.	Purchase Order	€26,430.51
31 Mar 2015	Applanix Ltd	IT Software licence and maintenance for national marine mapping programme	Purchase Order	€23,142.87
31 Mar 2015	Keane Offshore Integrity Ltd	Corrib Verification Process – Verification/Audit services	Purchase Order	€41,943.00
31 Mar 2015	Keane Offshore Integrity Ltd	Corrib Verification Process – Verification/Audit Services	Purchase Order	€41,943.00
31 Mar 2015	Radio Telefís Éireann	Communication specialist for work on the Department’s Digital Communications Strategy	Purchase Order	€31,325.07
31 Mar 2015	ISPSG Secretariat	Contribution to Irish Shelf Petroleum Studies Group	Purchase Order	€21,000.00
31 Mar 2015	Panalytical Ltd	Geochemical Analytical Services	Purchase Order	€59,412.83
31 Mar 2015	Cheetah Marine LLP	Final stage payment for purchase of a new survey vessel for national marine mapping programme	Purchase Order	€68,078.20
31 Mar 2015	PRISA Technologies Ltd T/A Prisa Consulting	Provision of services on implementation of National Broadband Plan	Purchase Order	€24,600.00
31 Mar 2015	PRISA Technologies Ltd T/A Prisa Consulting	Provision of services on implementation of National Broadband Plan	Purchase Order	€23,370.00
31 Mar 2015	Mason Hayes + Curran	Provision of legal advice on planning for implementation of National Broadband Plan	Purchase Order	€26,463.92
31 Mar 2015	Mason Hayes + Curran	Provision of legal advice on planning for implementation of National Broadband Plan	Purchase Order	€25,498.61
31 Mar 2015	Environ UK Ltd	Irish Offshore Strategic Environmental Assessment 5 (IOSEA5)	Purchase Order	€38,815.42
31 Mar 2015	Vodafone	Data connection	Purchase Order	€26,752.50
31 Mar 2015	Geosoft Europe Ltd	Software Licensing	Purchase Order	€25,628.05
31 Mar 2015	Rappel Enterprises Ltd T/A Arklow Marine	Vessel Maintenance for national marine mapping Services programme	Purchase Order	€23,387.95

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

How to read these figures

These are reported values from published purchase order and payment records — not verified cash paid, and not total spending by this organisation. A row may be a purchase order, a payment, or another reported transaction; the source files often do not say which.

Coverage and quality vary. Some fields are blank, supplier names are free text (the same firm can appear under many labels), and descriptions are inconsistent rather than a controlled taxonomy. An amount alone says nothing about value for money and it may or may not include VAT.

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