Arts Council

Payment date^*	Supplier	Description	Kind	Publication	Amount
10 Aug 2023	Crowe Ireland	Professional Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€35,055.00
10 Aug 2023	RSM Ireland	Legal Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€24,000.00
09 Aug 2023	Keating, Sara	Arts Advisory	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€47,463.00
04 Aug 2023	Beauchamps	Legal Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€25,707.00
02 Aug 2023	Comptroller & Auditor General	Audit Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€26,400.00
31 Jul 2023	Context	Professional Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€70,000.00
28 Jul 2023	Ope	Arts Advisory	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€51,704.20
25 Jul 2023	Pascal Consulting	Professional Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€40,000.00
20 Jul 2023	Llibertat	ICT Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€138,320.00
20 Jul 2023	Ergo	ICT Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€105,386.40
20 Jul 2023	I.T Alliance Resourcing Services (T/a Auxilion Irl)	ICT Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€95,940.00
20 Jul 2023	CPL Solutions	ICT Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€95,940.00
19 Jul 2023	Beauchamps	Legal Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€71,680.00
11 Jul 2023	Auxilia Group	Professional Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€42,066.00
29 Jun 2023	Ergo	ICT Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€196,800.00
21 Jun 2023	Real Nation	Arts Programmes and Projects	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€63,378.55
16 Jun 2023	Sureskills	Recruitment Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€28,476.00
15 Jun 2023	Qualcom	ICT Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€22,811.00
06 Jun 2023	Ariadne Consulting	Arts Advisory	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€51,660.00
06 Jun 2023	Ariadne Consulting	Arts Advisory	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€61,500.00
30 May 2023	Create	Arts Programmes and Projects	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€90,478.00
24 May 2023	McNamara, Paul	Arts Advisory	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€20,800.80
22 May 2023	BigOMedia	Marketing and Communications	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€112,875.00
17 May 2023	Sureskills	Recruitment Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€30,000.00
16 May 2023	Qualcom	Building and Maintenance	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€20,327.00
15 May 2023	McAuliffe, Mary	Professional Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€110,700.00
09 May 2023	Ope	Arts Advisory	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€62,045.04
05 May 2023	Sureskills	Recruitment Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€44,280.00
04 May 2023	Irish Centre for Diversity	Professional Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€25,000.00
25 Apr 2023	RC Analytics	ICT Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€40,590.00
18 Apr 2023	Wilfield Consulting	Professional Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€30,750.00
05 Apr 2023	Integral Communications t/a Communiqué International	Professional Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€24,538.50
05 Apr 2023	Behaviour and Attitudes	Research and Policy	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€99,465.18
05 Apr 2023	Atlantic Technological University	Professional Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€30,045.46
27 Mar 2023	Bord Gais Energy	Building and Maintenance	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€36,000.00
27 Mar 2023	Bord Gais Energy	Building and Maintenance	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€36,000.00
24 Mar 2023	Hughes, Declan	Arts Advisory	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€55,000.00
22 Mar 2023	CI Studio	Professional Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€23,266.68
15 Mar 2023	Webwrite	Marketing and Communications	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€59,449.00
13 Mar 2023	Ergo	ICT Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€26,669.00
13 Mar 2023	Bid and Tender Management Services	Professional Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€113,000.00
08 Mar 2023	IBEC (Head Office)	Professional Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€25,000.00
08 Mar 2023	Emer Mayock Arts Consultancy	Arts Advisory	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€40,000.00
01 Mar 2023	Kingstown College	Professional Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€25,000.00
28 Feb 2023	O'Keeffe, Adam	Professional Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€36,000.00
27 Feb 2023	Micromail	ICT Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€48,176.89
23 Feb 2023	Sureskills	Recruitment Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€24,000.00
23 Feb 2023	Cedar Wall Consulting	Professional Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€25,830.00
22 Feb 2023	Fox, Patrick	Arts Advisory	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€25,000.00
17 Feb 2023	Sureskills	Recuitment Services	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€100,000.00

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