Payments Over €20,000 Q4 2017

Spending records

Payment date^*	Supplier	Description	Kind	Amount
31 Dec 2017	COPENHAGEN ECONOMICS	Consultancy - Assessment of the economic impact of Trade Agreements	Purchase Order	€61,192.50
31 Dec 2017	DELOITTE & TOUCHE	Consultancy - Analysis on the impact of Brexit on economic sectors	Purchase Order	€86,038.50
31 Dec 2017	ASM CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS	External support for Internal Audit function	Purchase Order	€22,140.00
31 Dec 2017	Z PUNKT GMBH THE FORESIGHT COMPANY	Consultancy - Technology Futures Study	Purchase Order	€31,943.10
31 Dec 2017	INDECON	Consultancy - Evaluation of Seed & Venture Capital Scheme	Purchase Order	€38,470.46
31 Dec 2017	INDECON	Consultancy - Review of Economic Appraisal Model of Agency Supports	Purchase Order	€28,675.36
31 Dec 2017	IDC UK LTD	Consultancy - Assessment of ICT Skills Needs	Purchase Order	€34,292.40
31 Dec 2017	PROSPECTUS LTD	Consultancy - Assessment of Early Childhood Education Skills Needs	Purchase Order	€23,333.10
31 Dec 2017	COPENHAGEN ECONOMICS	Consultancy - Study of the Impacts of Brexit on Trade	Purchase Order	€117,403.50
31 Dec 2017	COPENHAGEN ECONOMICS	Consultancy - Study of the Impacts of Brexit on Trade	Purchase Order	€30,750.00
31 Dec 2017	INDECON	Consultancy - Evaluation of Seed & Venture Capital Scheme	Purchase Order	€28,852.85
31 Dec 2017	ASM CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS	External support for Internal Audit function	Purchase Order	€27,948.06
31 Dec 2017	INDECON	Consultancy - Review of Research, Development and Innovation Supports for Small businesses	Purchase Order	€35,468.28
31 Dec 2017	BEHAVIOUR & ATTITUDES LTD	Consultancy - Survey of Business needs in context of Brexit	Purchase Order	€30,750.00
31 Dec 2017	CLIENT SOLUTIONS LTD	Intranet Project	Purchase Order	€24,661.50
31 Dec 2017	WARD SOLUTIONS	IBM Qradar Appliance	Purchase Order	€62,861.61
31 Dec 2017	EVROS	Server Hardware	Purchase Order	€28,913.78
31 Dec 2017	EVROS	Server Hardware	Purchase Order	€45,895.48
31 Dec 2017	DELL (IRELAND)	Server Hardware	Purchase Order	€42,565.26
31 Dec 2017	PLANNET21 COMMUNICATIONS LTD	Network Hardware	Purchase Order	€21,072.36
31 Dec 2017	WARD SOLUTIONS	IBM Qradar Appliance	Purchase Order	€22,140.00
31 Dec 2017	PLANNET21 COMMUNICATIONS LTD	Network Hardware	Purchase Order	€24,587.70
31 Dec 2017	GARTNER IRELAND LTD	Gartner for IT Leaders Workgroup 2018	Purchase Order	€44,225.88
31 Dec 2017	PLANNET21 COMMUNICATIONS LTD	Network Hardware	Purchase Order	€46,599.78
31 Dec 2017	EVROS	Backup Software	Purchase Order	€38,292.36
31 Dec 2017	TEAM SOLUTIONS LTD	IBM Licences	Purchase Order	€90,250.64
31 Dec 2017	M J FLOOD	Exchange Migration	Purchase Order	€27,384.97
31 Dec 2017	MICROMAIL	Office 365 Subscriptions	Purchase Order	€344,341.21
31 Dec 2017	FUJITSU (IRELAND) LIMITED	Oracle Financials support	Purchase Order	€21,758.49
31 Dec 2017	WARD SOLUTIONS	SIEM Managed Service and installation	Purchase Order	€25,460.99
31 Dec 2017	M J FLOOD	Exchange Migration	Purchase Order	€50,725.20
31 Dec 2017	MICROSOFT IRELAND OPERATIONS LTD	Premier Support	Purchase Order	€73,529.40
31 Dec 2017	ENTERPRISE IRELAND	Support and maintenance rechargeables for Forfás pensioners	Purchase Order	€35,539.19
31 Dec 2017	DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, EQUALITY & LAW REFORM	Oracle Advanced Customer Support 2018	Purchase Order	€139,938.55
31 Dec 2017	M J FLOOD	Exchange Migration	Purchase Order	€20,694.75
31 Dec 2017	PLANNET21 COMMUNICATIONS LTD	Network Support	Purchase Order	€33,456.00
31 Dec 2017	PLANNET21 COMMUNICATIONS LTD	Network Hardware	Purchase Order	€25,928.40
31 Dec 2017	PLANNET21 COMMUNICATIONS LTD	Hardware/Software Support and Warranty	Purchase Order	€149,164.56
31 Dec 2017	DELL (IRELAND)	Server Warranty Renewal	Purchase Order	€22,207.43
31 Dec 2017	PLANNET21 COMMUNICATIONS LTD	Network Support	Purchase Order	€29,404.69
31 Dec 2017	PLANNET21 COMMUNICATIONS LTD	Network Hardware	Purchase Order	€47,970.00
31 Dec 2017	DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION & SKILLS	Recoupable phone bill	Purchase Order	€32,110.36

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

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