Today I’ve launched the largest purchase order/payment tracking system in the state. Covering €78.5 billion worth of spend. Click the link below and let me know what you think.

Demo 1

Demo 2

Well done. This is a very good step in the right direction regarding transparency and accountability. Keep compiling!

This is brilliant for us procurement geeks Well done.

If you work in procurement I’d really appreciate any feedback on the tool ✅👍🏼

I do but for SME's! Will definitely give you feedback Would love to have a chat about the archaic nature of the system and how SME's are forced out of the process because of lack of feedback / onerous costs involved in applying and just general uncertainty We need a fair model!

@albertdolan_ Seconded from someone in Commercial Ops in an SME. We can be exceptionally competitive, but often locked out of the process.

@albertdolan_ Honestly Joe - it is like a lottery. I have been successful in some but put in better applications and lost. The scoring matrix can be really biased

I believe in your authenticity. Push for accountability.

You actually seem like one of the few genuine ones

Could you allow the raw data to be downloaded, cheers.

Hi Albert, thank you for doing this, admirable work. However, does the leadership of your party like what you’re doing? Surely the government want less scrutiny of spending given some of the waste discovered recently.

Did you find who signed off the €1.4m security Hut? The bike shed? No. Whsst

On the face of it it sounds grt. I saw your post and went wow that’s a good initiative - who is this independent TD. Very surprised to see your name associated with an establishment party and that makes me very sceptical. Does it show the hse spend on recruitment abroad?

Are you aware of this?

Dear Albert, how would I look for all HSE purchase orders with CPL? Without spending five minutes unclicking entities?

Great work but... 1. Needs to be verified by audits 2. Why is a TD doing the work of the Dept. This is the yet more evidence that TDs do not know what their job is & how civil servants are unaccountable. 3. Why are you part of FF while seeking transparency 🤦🏻‍♂️🙄

Well done.

Is money uses to fund NGOs going to be included on this system? If not it is useless. #Stopreplacementmigration defund NGOs and start mass deportations now before the country is destroyed

Well done. 👏

This is really good Albert. Great improvement in transparency, Happy to help you build a housing delivery dashboard and then drill down into housing category spends.

@Nick_Delehanty imagine what you can find in this treasure trove

Good stuff. Your government had an NGO that did this. They stopped funding it. Will they stop funding all the other NGO’s that are doing work the government should be doing?

Good work. It would be great if it could be expanded to have the info that Benefacts once provided, to track the other half of government spending.

In fairness, well done. Colour me shocked that a government TD did this. Here's hoping it reduces waste

How much did it cost?

€100 in GCP costs and recurring €5 per month in GCP

I'm impressed. Which is rare with Irish politics. Keep it up!

You have instant likeablility Albert. I have to ask (sorry), do you think / believe a born male can become a female?

Fair play. Will be interesting to see what comes of this. Knowing where the money is going is one thing. Results including accountability and decreased expenditure will be the ultimate measure.

Fair play. Fantastic initiative. Great to see this level of transparency for the people’s money. Next step, reduce government spending and focus on core responsibilities.

Albert does this mean we will be able to see how NGOs like BelongTo and TENI are spending taxpayer money?

This is fantastic, Albert. Huge credit to yourself and Matthew. No doubt there has already been quite a bit of traffic on the website!

Does it include the bike shed, opw wall, security hut , renaming or the Garda ombudsman logo. Those fvck ups cost the taxpayers €2 million.

Fair play but this is going to get binned pretty fast. The amounts going to IPAS and Ukrainian refugees is absolutely astronomical . Government dont want public knowing this

Well done. Is there any way to track how much is spent on outside consultant in councils and hse.

A great initiative and I'm genuinely surprised to see this coming from a TD in a government party. While the information has always been out there this highlights at a glance what taxpayers money is being spent on and who it is going to. Some huge spending items there that should lead to many questions for government.

Well done Albert, this is great. But I'm getting a not signed in error trying to access the page:

A good start a) Let's get the rest of the data online, and keep it up to date b) Audit value for money, starting with non- service based NGOs