Department of Finance and Personnel
| Department overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | June 1921 (as Ministry of Finance) |
| Preceding Department | |
| Jurisdiction | Northern Ireland |
| Headquarters | Rathgael House, Balloo Road, Bangor, Co. Down, BT19 7NA |
| Employees | 3,586 (September 2011) |
| Annual budget | £188.6 million (current) & £18.9 million (capital) for 2011–12 |
| Minister responsible |
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| Website | www.finance-ni.gov.uk |
The Department of Finance (DoF, Irish: An Roinn Airgeadais,Ulster Scots: Männystrie o Siller or Depairtment o Finance) is a devolved Northern Ireland government department in the Northern Ireland Executive. The minister with overall responsibility for the department is the Minister for Finance.
The department was previously called the Department of Finance and Personnel (DFP) before its name change on 9 May 2016.
DoF's overall aim is to help the Northern Ireland Executive "secure the most appropriate and effective use of resources and services for the benefit of the community".
The incumbent Minister is Máirtín Ó Muilleoir (Sinn Féin).
The department is responsible for the following policy areas:
Some financial matters are reserved to Westminster and are therefore not devolved:
In addition, some matters are excepted and were not intended for devolution:
DoF's main counterparts in the United Kingdom Government are:
In the Irish Government, the main counterparts are:
A Ministry of Finance was established on the formation of Northern Ireland in June 1921. A finance ministry also existed in the 1974 Northern Ireland Executive and became known as the Department of Finance and Personnel under direct rule.
Following a referendum on the Belfast Agreement on 23 May 1998 and the granting of royal assent to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 on 19 November 1998, a Northern Ireland Assembly and Northern Ireland Executive were established by the United Kingdom Government under Prime Minister Tony Blair. The process was known as devolution and was set up to return devolved legislative powers to Northern Ireland. DFP is therefore one of six direct rule Northern Ireland departments which continued in existence after devolution in December 1999 by the Northern Ireland Act 1998 and The Departments (Northern Ireland) Order 1999.
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