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Ireland has been collecting record levels of tax and spending more than ever yet we have no idea where the money is going. Public Purse has been setup to try and index every line item of government expenditure.

Organisations (193)

Browse spending by organisation. Tap the transparency score to see how it is calculated.

Government Departments

18

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

3.7/5
Transparency 74%

Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth

2.7/5
Transparency 54%

Department of Culture, Communications and Sport

2.1/5
Transparency 42%

Department of Defence

3.0/5
Transparency 60%

Department of Education

2.0/5
Transparency 40%

Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

3.6/5
Transparency 72%

Department of Finance

2.8/5
Transparency 56%

Department of Foreign Affairs

2.1/5
Transparency 42%

Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science

2.3/5
Transparency 46%

Department of Health

4.0/5
Transparency 80%

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

2.5/5
Transparency 50%

Department of Justice

3.2/5
Transparency 64%

Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

3.5/5
Transparency 70%

Department of Rural and Community Development

3.9/5
Transparency 78%

Department of Social Protection

3.1/5
Transparency 62%

Department of Transport

3.2/5
Transparency 64%

Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications

3.4/5
Transparency 68%

Department of the Taoiseach

3.9/5
Transparency 78%

Health

4

Health Insurance Authority

2.9/5
Transparency 58%

Health Products Regulatory Authority

3.2/5
Transparency 64%

Health Service Executive

3.0/5
Transparency 60%

Health and Safety Authority

3.0/5
Transparency 60%

City and County Councils

30

Carlow County Council

2.6/5
Transparency 52%

Cavan County Council

2.1/5
Transparency 42%

Clare County Council

2.0/5
Transparency 40%

Cork City Council

2.2/5
Transparency 44%

Cork County Council

2.0/5
Transparency 40%

Dublin City Council

3.0/5
Transparency 60%

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council

2.0/5
Transparency 40%

Fingal County Council

2.0/5
Transparency 40%

Galway City Council

2.1/5
Transparency 42%

Galway County Council

2.1/5
Transparency 42%

Kerry County Council

2.1/5
Transparency 42%

Kildare County Council

2.0/5
Transparency 40%

Kilkenny County Council

3.3/5
Transparency 66%

Laois County Council

2.2/5
Transparency 44%

Leitrim County Council

2.1/5
Transparency 42%

Limerick City and County Council

2.3/5
Transparency 46%

Longford County Council

2.0/5
Transparency 40%

Louth County Council

2.2/5
Transparency 44%

Mayo County Council

3.0/5
Transparency 60%

Meath County Council

4.0/5
Transparency 80%

Monaghan County Council

3.1/5
Transparency 62%

Offaly County Council

3.0/5
Transparency 60%

Roscommon County Council

2.3/5
Transparency 46%

Sligo County Council

2.1/5
Transparency 42%

South Dublin County Council

4.0/5
Transparency 80%

Tipperary County Council

2.1/5
Transparency 42%

Waterford City and County Council

3.0/5
Transparency 60%

Westmeath County Council

2.2/5
Transparency 44%

Wexford County Council

3.1/5
Transparency 62%

Wicklow County Council

3.1/5
Transparency 62%

Third Level Education Sector

21

Atlantic Technological University

3.2/5
Transparency 64%

Cavan and Monaghan ETB

2.3/5
Transparency 46%

City of Dublin ETB

3.5/5
Transparency 70%

Dublin and Dun Laoghaire ETB

3.3/5
Transparency 66%

Dundalk Institute of Technology

2.1/5
Transparency 42%

Galway and Roscommon ETB

1.9/5
Transparency 38%

IADT (Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology)

3.2/5
Transparency 64%

Kerry Education and Training Board

3.2/5
Transparency 64%

Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board

1.5/5
Transparency 30%

Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board

3.2/5
Transparency 64%

Laois and Offaly Education and Training Board

3.6/5
Transparency 72%

Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board

3.5/5
Transparency 70%

Longford and Westmeath Education and Training Board

3.0/5
Transparency 60%

Louth and Meath Education and Training Board

2.0/5
Transparency 40%

Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim Education and Training Board

2.1/5
Transparency 42%

Munster Technological University

2.2/5
Transparency 44%

National University of Ireland Galway

1.1/5
Transparency 22%

South East Technological University

2.1/5
Transparency 42%

Technological University Dublin

3.0/5
Transparency 60%

Technological University of the Shannon

4.0/5
Transparency 80%

The University of Dublin Trinity College

2.2/5
Transparency 44%

Other Bodies

102

Agri-Food Regulator

2.5/5
Transparency 50%

An Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta

2.9/5
Transparency 58%

An Coimisiún Pleanála

2.8/5
Transparency 56%

An Coimisiún Toghcháin

3.2/5
Transparency 64%

An Garda Síochána

3.0/5
Transparency 60%

Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority

2.9/5
Transparency 58%

Arts Council

3.0/5
Transparency 60%

Board Iascaigh Mhara

3.0/5
Transparency 60%

Bord Bia

3.6/5
Transparency 72%

Central Bank

1.1/5
Transparency 22%

Central Statistics Office

3.2/5
Transparency 64%

Charities Regulator

3.7/5
Transparency 74%

Chester Beatty

2.0/5
Transparency 40%

Chief State Solicitor's Office

2.6/5
Transparency 52%

Citizens Information Board

2.1/5
Transparency 42%

Coimisiún na Meán

2.0/5
Transparency 40%

Commission for Regulation of Utilities

1.3/5
Transparency 26%

Companies Registration Office

3.6/5
Transparency 72%

Competition and Consumer Protection Commission

3.1/5
Transparency 62%

Corporate Enforcement Authority

2.3/5
Transparency 46%

Crawford Art Gallery

1.0/5
Transparency 20%

Credit Review Office

3.2/5
Transparency 64%

Dental Health Foundation

2.3/5
Transparency 46%

Digital Hub Development Agency

2.9/5
Transparency 58%

Director of Public Prosecutions

2.4/5
Transparency 48%

Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies

2.7/5
Transparency 54%

ESB

1.9/5
Transparency 38%

Educational Research Centre

4.5/5
Transparency 90%

EirGrid

1.1/5
Transparency 22%

Enterprise Ireland

4.0/5
Transparency 80%

Environmental Protection Agency

3.0/5
Transparency 60%

Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman

2.1/5
Transparency 42%

Food Safety Authority of Ireland

3.3/5
Transparency 66%

Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland

3.2/5
Transparency 64%

Gas Networks Ireland

2.0/5
Transparency 40%

Grangegorman Development Agency

3.1/5
Transparency 62%

Higher Education Authority

3.2/5
Transparency 64%

Home Building Finance Ireland

2.1/5
Transparency 42%

Houses of the Oireachtas Service

4.0/5
Transparency 80%

Housing Finance Agency

2.1/5
Transparency 42%

IDA Ireland

3.6/5
Transparency 72%

Institute of Public Administration

3.3/5
Transparency 66%

Intellectual Property Office of Ireland

2.9/5
Transparency 58%

Irish Blood Transfusion Service

4.0/5
Transparency 80%

Irish Fiscal Advisory Council

2.8/5
Transparency 56%

Irish Museum of Modern Art

2.2/5
Transparency 44%

Irish National Stud

3.0/5
Transparency 60%

Irish Prison Service

3.0/5
Transparency 60%

Irish Water

2.1/5
Transparency 42%

Judicial Council

3.8/5
Transparency 76%

Legal Aid Board

2.6/5
Transparency 52%

Local Government Management Agency

3.1/5
Transparency 62%

Marine Institute

2.0/5
Transparency 40%

Maritime Area Regulatory Authority

2.9/5
Transparency 58%

Medical Bureau of Road Safety

3.6/5
Transparency 72%

Medical Council

2.1/5
Transparency 42%

Mental Health Commission

4.0/5
Transparency 80%

Moorepark Technology Limited

3.3/5
Transparency 66%

National Asset Management Agency

1.3/5
Transparency 26%

National Concert Hall

3.0/5
Transparency 60%

National Council for Curriculum and Assessment

4.9/5
Transparency 98%

National Council for Special Education

3.6/5
Transparency 72%

National Disability Authority

3.5/5
Transparency 70%

National Gallery of Ireland

1.3/5
Transparency 26%

National Library of Ireland

2.2/5
Transparency 44%

National Museum of Ireland

3.1/5
Transparency 62%

National Oil Reserves Agency

1.7/5
Transparency 34%

National Paediatric Hospital Board

3.0/5
Transparency 60%

National Standards Authority of Ireland

3.0/5
Transparency 60%

National Transport Authority

3.1/5
Transparency 62%

National Treatment Purchase Fund

4.0/5
Transparency 80%

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland

3.2/5
Transparency 64%

Office of Public Works

3.9/5
Transparency 78%

Office of the Attorney General

3.3/5
Transparency 66%

Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General

2.3/5
Transparency 46%

Office of the Ombudsman

4.0/5
Transparency 80%

Office of the Planning Regulator

2.8/5
Transparency 56%

Ombudsman for Children Office

4.0/5
Transparency 80%

Pobal

3.1/5
Transparency 62%

Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council

2.6/5
Transparency 52%

Property Services Regulatory Authority

3.1/5
Transparency 62%

Public Appointments Service

3.4/5
Transparency 68%

Quality and Qualifications Authority of Ireland

2.3/5
Transparency 46%

Raidió Teilifís Éireann

1.2/5
Transparency 24%

Regulator of the National Lottery

3.7/5
Transparency 74%

Research Ireland

2.4/5
Transparency 48%

Residential Tenancies Board

2.2/5
Transparency 44%

Revenue

3.0/5
Transparency 60%

Road Safety Authority

2.8/5
Transparency 56%

Rotunda Hospital

1.0/5
Transparency 20%

Royal Irish Academy of Music

3.6/5
Transparency 72%

SOLAS

2.4/5
Transparency 48%

Science Foundation Ireland

2.5/5
Transparency 50%

Screen Ireland

3.1/5
Transparency 62%

Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority

2.0/5
Transparency 40%

Skillnet Ireland

2.3/5
Transparency 46%

Southern Regional Assembly

3.9/5
Transparency 78%

Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland

1.0/5
Transparency 20%

Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland

3.1/5
Transparency 62%

Tailte Éireann

3.7/5
Transparency 74%

Tax Appeals Commission

2.3/5
Transparency 46%

Teagasc

3.0/5
Transparency 60%

Section 38

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Agency

13

Courts Service

2.1/5
Transparency 42%

The Commission for Communications Regulation

2.0/5
Transparency 40%

The Heritage Council

2.4/5
Transparency 48%

The National Cancer Registry

4.0/5
Transparency 80%

The Pensions Authority

2.3/5
Transparency 46%

The Pharmacy Regulator

3.2/5
Transparency 64%

The Teaching Council

3.3/5
Transparency 66%

Transport Infrastructure Ireland

3.0/5
Transparency 60%

Tusla

2.4/5
Transparency 48%

Veterinary Council of Ireland

2.1/5
Transparency 42%

Water Safety Ireland

3.7/5
Transparency 74%

Western Development Commission

3.5/5
Transparency 70%

Údarás na Gaeltachta

2.7/5
Transparency 54%

Agency - ETB

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