Q4 2023 — Public Purse

Spending records

Payment date^*	Supplier	Description	Kind	Amount
31 Dec 2023	DARING BOYS AND GIRLS LTD	Promotional campaign costs	Purchase Order	€120,000.01
31 Dec 2023	MINDSHARE MEDIA IRELAND LTD	Netherlands Digital Media Budget - Autumn Campaign	Purchase Order	€124,568.25
31 Dec 2023	HENNESSY ERP ITC LTD	Work on Bord Bia Data Structure	Purchase Order	€131,161.05
31 Dec 2023	EMPATHY RESEARCH LTD	Sustainable Nutrition second 50% + add on's	Purchase Order	€132,501.75
31 Dec 2023	MINDSHARE MEDIA IRELAND LTD	Portion of Wavemaker Fees Q2-Q4	Purchase Order	€133,609.00
31 Dec 2023	EMPATHY RESEARCH LTD	Meat Shopper Insights second 50%	Purchase Order	€134,685.00
31 Dec 2023	TECHNOMIC	US Food service	Purchase Order	€134,869.33
31 Dec 2023	MINDSHARE MEDIA IRELAND LTD	Pigmeat campaign - November 2023 - TV - ref: HBTV1	Purchase Order	€150,000.00
31 Dec 2023	CANVAS8 LTD	Full amount for Inflationary Impact report	Purchase Order	€170,925.00
31 Dec 2023	HIBERNIA SERVICES LTD	Office365 CSP E5 licensing for Oct 2023	Purchase Order	€189,224.31
31 Dec 2023	EMPATHY RESEARCH LTD	Accrual for PO 75410 cancelled in error	Purchase Order	€199,260.00
31 Dec 2023	DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY	Insights and Innovation Programme Management Costs	Purchase Order	€230,000.00
31 Dec 2023	GLANMORE FOODS LTD	FD Block 40 F&V costs	Purchase Order	€259,869.49
31 Dec 2023	MINDSHARE MEDIA IRELAND LTD	Media placement for Irish organic consumer marketi	Purchase Order	€320,000.00
31 Dec 2023	SBLAS	CAPITA CUSTOMER SOLUTIONS	Purchase Order	€467,289.30
31 Dec 2023	GARDEN EVENTS LTD	GEL fees -1st Payment Re Bloom 2024, Sept - Dec 20	Purchase Order	€489,763.61
31 Dec 2023	SBLAS	CAPITA CUSTOMER SOLUTIONS	Purchase Order	€512,747.64
31 Dec 2023	SBLAS	CAPITA CUSTOMER SOLUTIONS	Purchase Order	€526,876.65
31 Dec 2023	SBLAS	CAPITA CUSTOMER SOLUTIONS	Purchase Order	€539,747.37
31 Dec 2023	HENNESSY ERP ITC LTD	Work on Implementation of finance system.	Purchase Order	€590,400.01
31 Dec 2023	SODEXHO IRELAND LTD	Blanket po for Hospitality to cover Oct - Dec 2023	Purchase Order	€676,686.42

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

How to read these figures

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