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Office of the Ombudsman

84 spending records on file.

Transparency Score

4.0/5

80% transparent

Machine readable 1.0/1

Descriptions 0.8/1

Uniqueness 0.2/1

Supplier number 1.0/1

Supplier name 1.0/1

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Payment date^*	Supplier	Description	Kind	Publication	Amount
31 Dec 2023	VODAFONE IRELAND LTD	IT Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2023	€28,332.30
31 Dec 2023	MJ FLOOD (IRL) LTD	Printing equipment	Purchase Order	Q4 2023	€28,195.29
31 Dec 2023	DOVETAIL TECHNOLOGIES	IT Annual Support Service	Purchase Order	Q4 2023	€27,667.62
31 Dec 2023	THOMSON REUTERS (PROFESSIONAL) UK LIMITED	Software Licenses	Purchase Order	Q4 2023	€25,489.19
31 Dec 2023	OPENSKY DATA SYSTEMS	IT Annual Support Service	Purchase Order	Q4 2023	€24,600.00
31 Dec 2023	C HOGAN	Legal Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2023	€23,493.00
31 Dec 2023	CODEC - DSS	IT Consultancy Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2023	€20,061.30
31 Dec 2022	MICROMAIL	IT Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2022	€194,764.47
31 Dec 2022	MICROMAIL	IT Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2022	€96,455.03
31 Dec 2022	P LEE	Legal Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2022	€73,543.17
31 Dec 2022	INFORMATION SECURITY ASSURANCE SERVICES T/A WAYSTONE COMPLIANCE SOLUTIONS (IE) LTD	IT Consultancy Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2022	€58,621.80
31 Dec 2022	OPENSKY DATA SYSTEMS	IT Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2022	€24,600.00
31 Dec 2022	OPENSKY DATA SYSTEMS	IT Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2022	€24,224.85
31 Dec 2022	C HOGAN	Legal Services	Purchase Order	Q4 2022	€22,263.00
30 Sep 2022	MICROMAIL	IT services	Purchase Order	Q3 2022	€75,264.32
30 Sep 2022	OPENSKY DATA SYSTEMS	IT services	Purchase Order	Q3 2022	€21,648.00
30 Sep 2022	BIZMAPS LIMITED T/A AUTOADDRESS	Software Licencing	Purchase Order	Q3 2022	€20,110.50
10 Jul 2019	Codec - DSS	IT H/W (Omb Reporting)	Purchase Order	Q3 2019	€37,000.00
01 Mar 2017	Accent Solutions		Purchase Order	Q1 2017	€23,949.06
13 Aug 2016	Chemistry Strategic Communications Ltd		Purchase Order	Q2 2016	€45,165.60
13 Jun 2016	Equiniti ICS Ltd		Purchase Order	Q2 2016	€30,950.00
17 Dec 2015	Dovetail Technologies		Purchase Order	Q4 2015	€27,724.87
18 Nov 2015	Eir		Purchase Order	Q4 2015	€43,850.48
18 Nov 2015	Dovetail Technologies		Purchase Order	Q4 2015	€76,844.25
18 Nov 2015	BT Communications		Purchase Order	Q4 2015	€48,893.72
16 Nov 2015	Bechtle Direct Ltd		Purchase Order	Q4 2015	€108,645.90
13 Aug 2015	Carat Ireland Ltd		Purchase Order	Q3 2015	€78,564.95
18 May 2015	A & L Goodbody Solicitors		Purchase Order	Q2 2015	€28,192.77
18 Dec 2014	Dovetail Technologies		Purchase Order	Q4 2014	€21,955.50
10 Dec 2014	Dell Computer (Ireland)		Purchase Order	Q4 2014	€46,484.16
02 Dec 2014	A & L Goodbody Solicitors		Purchase Order	Q4 2014	€37,604.09
21 Nov 2014	Catherine Donnelly		Purchase Order	Q4 2014	€20,725.50
14 Oct 2014	Securelinx Ltd		Purchase Order	Q4 2014	€22,788.85
04 Apr 2014	A & L Goodbody Solicitors		Purchase Order	Q2 2014	€40,403.59

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

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