StateSpend.ie launches with €108bn in public spending data

One year after the public launch of their public-spending tracker, Galway East TD Albert Dolan and The Problem Solving Association (TPSA) have launched StateSpend.ie, the upgraded version of the project they developed, bringing together more than €108 billion in publicly reported purchase orders and payments.

The October 2025 tracker contained €78.5 billion in records.

Its successor, StateSpend.ie, makes the expanded dataset easier to search by public body, supplier, date and description, covering Departments, local authorities, health and education bodies and other State agencies.

The work of identifying missing reports, pursuing their publication, collecting and standardising the records, and building the combined dataset was carried out by Deputy Dolan and the team at TPSA.

That work contributed to first-time or expanded publication by bodies including Transport Infrastructure Ireland, the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board, RTÉ, Tusla, NAMA, the Arts Council and the HSE.

Deputy Dolan said:

“One year ago, we launched a tracker bringing together €78.5 billion in public spending records.

“Today, StateSpend.ie makes more than €108 billion searchable, with a simpler tool built around the feedback people gave us.

“This has involved much more than building a website.

“My team and I worked to find the reports, identify gaps, pursue missing information and turn thousands of inconsistently formatted files into a dataset people could actually use.

“We want journalists, researchers and the public to use this work.

“We have shared our data and source material to help others do that. But it is important that the work behind the dataset is clearly credited to the people who assembled it: our StateSpend.ie team.”

Deputy Dolan said the next step was to connect spending records to the contracts and delivery behind them:

“StateSpend.ie helps us see where money is reported going. It cannot, on its own, tell us whether a contract delivered what was promised or whether the State got value for money.

“That is why I have submitted the Tender to Payment (Public Spending Transparency) Bill 2026 to the Bills Office. It proposes a Public Spending Ledger creating a ‘golden thread’ linking tender, award, contract, purchase order, invoice and payment, so we can trace public money through the system and connect it to what was actually delivered.”

“Better information should help the State compare prices, understand its total demand and use its purchasing power more effectively. The goal is better spending and better results for the public.”

Deputy Dolan welcomed the transparency commitments in the National Public Procurement Strategy 2026–2030 and the engagement of Minister Jack Chambers and the Office of Government Procurement with this work.

StateSpend.ie is live now.

Members of the public and journalists can search their local authority and other public bodies, examine reported spending and suggest improvements.