Purchase Orders Over €20,000 Q1 2023

Spending records

Payment date^*	Supplier	Description	Kind	Amount
31 Mar 2023	DNV Netherlands B.V.	an evidence base for a new electricity interconnector policy developed by DECC and approved by Government during 2023. Notes: • Suppliers subject to Withholding Tax will have it deducted at point of payment which may decrease the amount actually paid to under €20,000. • Purchase Orders are inclusive of VAT where appropriate.	Purchase Order	€88,560.00
31 Mar 2023	EnvEcon	External analysis undertaken during 2022-23 on the impacts of increased electricity interconnection between Ireland and	Purchase Order	€171,892.50
31 Mar 2023	National University Galway	Payment	Purchase Order	€223,083.01
31 Mar 2023	University College Cork	Payment	Purchase Order	€176,389.81
31 Mar 2023	ESB Electric Ireland	billing	Purchase Order	€32,834.90
31 Mar 2023	Integrify Inc	The supply of Electricity in City West	Purchase Order	€52,656.30
31 Mar 2023	Unit 4 Business Software	Payment	Purchase Order	€104,279.40
31 Mar 2023	Micromail	Payment	Purchase Order	€29,913.72
31 Mar 2023	Software Licencing	Systems Research Institute	Purchase Order	€672,195.00
31 Mar 2023	Mason Hayes and Curran	esri Ireland - Environmental	Purchase Order	€65,347.44
31 Mar 2023	SLR Consulting (Ireland) Ltd	Regulation Office (GSRO) Legal advice in respect of the National	Purchase Order	€111,069.00
31 Mar 2023	The Office of Public Works (OPW)	Provision of Expert Advice on Environmental	Purchase Order	€22,189.25
31 Mar 2023	SGS Ireland Ltd	Bunmahon Legacy Mine Capital Maintenence	Purchase Order	€23,574.99
31 Mar 2023	SGS Ireland Ltd	Core Store management and core scanning	Purchase Order	€23,574.99
31 Mar 2023	Ròs Na Mara Limited	Core Store management and core scanning	Purchase Order	€86,100.00
31 Mar 2023	Ròs Na Mara Limited	Surveyor & Data Processing services for	Purchase Order	€85,485.00
31 Mar 2023	Ltd	Surveyor & Data Processing services for	Purchase Order	€34,107.90
31 Mar 2023	Aurum Exploration Ltd	Dun Laoghaire Power Boat School Crewing services for Survey Vessels on	Purchase Order	€29,298.60
31 Mar 2023	Javelin Advertising Ltd	Provision of unpacking services following	Purchase Order	€30,848.40
31 Mar 2023	PHD Media (Ireland) Ltd	Payment	Purchase Order	€396,238.92
31 Mar 2023	PHD Media (Ireland) Ltd	Payment	Purchase Order	€177,584.81
31 Mar 2023	PHD Media (Ireland) Ltd	Payment	Purchase Order	€177,584.81
31 Mar 2023	PHD Media (Ireland) Ltd	Payment	Purchase Order	€148,757.92
31 Mar 2023	PHD Media (Ireland) Ltd	Payment	Purchase Order	€118,652.26
31 Mar 2023	PHD Media (Ireland) Ltd	Payment	Purchase Order	€117,966.07
31 Mar 2023	PHD Media (Ireland) Ltd	Payment	Purchase Order	€117,881.22
31 Mar 2023	PHD Media (Ireland) Ltd	Payment	Purchase Order	€38,760.87
31 Mar 2023	PHD Media (Ireland) Ltd	OREDP2.	Purchase Order	€27,609.43
31 Mar 2023	Ltd ( GDG )	Advertised the public consultation for	Purchase Order	€48,634.20
31 Mar 2023	Consultants	Gavin and Doherty Geosolutions Carried out an assesment of Phase 1 MAC	Purchase Order	€23,985.00
31 Mar 2023	Cornwall Insight Ireland Limited	MKO Planning and Environmental Planning Consultancy Services for Electricity	Purchase Order	€43,050.00
31 Mar 2023	Easter Bay Consultants Ltd	(ORESS) Pilot study and report on updated LCOE and	Purchase Order	€26,475.75
31 Mar 2023	Ernst & Young	requirements. Economic and Policy Advice for the Offshore	Purchase Order	€314,276.07
31 Mar 2023	Baringa Partners LLP	Supports for Offshore Renewable Energy	Purchase Order	€42,066.00
31 Mar 2023	Beauchamps Solicitors	Analysis of Ireland's Security of Supply for the	Purchase Order	€61,500.00
31 Mar 2023	Ernst & Young	External Legal expenses related to Security of	Purchase Order	€93,831.17
31 Mar 2023	Arthur Cox Solicitor	Consultant support for the Security of Supply	Purchase Order	€140,762.43
31 Mar 2023	Arthur Cox Solicitor	Payment	Purchase Order	€78,545.34
31 Mar 2023	University College Dublin	operations	Purchase Order	€28,394.06
31 Mar 2023	University College Dublin	Consultancy Works on cyber security	Purchase Order	€24,486.15
31 Mar 2023	University College Dublin	Consultancy Works on cyber security	Purchase Order	€21,620.14
31 Mar 2023	Dogpatch Labs Investment DAC	Consultancy Works on cyber security	Purchase Order	€700,000.00
31 Mar 2023	Dogpatch Labs Management DAC Funding for National Digital Research Centre	Payment	Purchase Order	€550,000.00
31 Mar 2023	NBI Infrastructure DAC	Payment	Purchase Order	€9,710,679.88
31 Mar 2023	NBI Infrastructure DAC	Payment	Purchase Order	€6,618,740.77
31 Mar 2023	NBI Infrastructure DAC	Payment	Purchase Order	€3,299,753.89
31 Mar 2023	NBI Infrastructure DAC	Payment	Purchase Order	€3,297,206.01
31 Mar 2023	NBI Infrastructure DAC	contract	Purchase Order	€2,855,865.73
31 Mar 2023	NBI Infrastructure DAC	Connection Milestone Payments under NBP	Purchase Order	€2,855,865.73
31 Mar 2023	NBI Infrastructure DAC	Connection Milestone Payments under NBP	Purchase Order	€2,537,349.34

^* 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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