The Department of Finance and Personnel. The aim of the Department is to help the executive secure the more appropriate and effective use of resources and services for the benefit of the community. It is to deliver quality, cost-effective, and efficient public services and administration in its areas of executive responsibility. The Department is managed […]
The Department of Culture, Arts, and Leisure is responsible for arts and creativity, libraries, museums, sports, inland waterways and fisheries, linguistic issues, archives, and National Lottery distribution issues. There are five divisions. The Culture Division is responsible for arts, creativity, inland waterways, language policy, and the built environment. The Sports, Museums, and Internet Creation Facilities […]
Northern Ireland Department of Regional Development The Department of Regional Development is responsible for regional strategic planning and development policy, transport strategy, maintenance of all public roads, public transport policy and performance, policy and support work for air and seaports, water and sewage services management, and the management of the department’s interest in Northern Ireland […]
The Department for Employment and Learning aims to support learning and skills development, prepare people for work, and support the economy. Its two main groups deal with individuals seeking to improve skills and qualifications or those requiring support and guidance for employment or self-employment, as well as businesses in the private and public sectors. It […]
The Departments (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 established the Northern Ireland Departments in their current form. This reconstitutes and reorganizes the Departments as they existed under direct rule. The Minister in relation to a department refers to the Minister in charge of the department. In the case of the office of the First Minister and Deputy […]
The Department of Local Government, Northern Ireland. The Department of Environment is organized into three business groups: namely, the Environment and Marine Group, dealing with environmental policy; the Environment Agency and Marine Division; the Planning Group dealing with Planning Policy, Strategic Planning, and Local Planning Division; and the Local Government, Road Safety, and Corporate Services […]
The Department of Education Northern Ireland. The Department of Education funds the Education and Library Boards. There are five Education and Library Boards, namely, Belfast, North Eastern, South Eastern, Southern, and Western. The budgets allocated to the Department do not include funding delegated to schools under the local management of schools arrangements and additional funding […]
Northern Ireland Department of Social Development. The Department of Social Development employs about 7,000 people, the vast majority of whom are located in the Social Security Agency. The Social Security Agency is under the auspices of the Department. The Department is responsible for the Northern Ireland Housing Executive and the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland. […]
The Department of Health, Social Services, and Public Safety in Northern Ireland has three main responsibilities: Health and Social Care, Public Health, and Public Safety. Health and Social Care includes policy and legislation related to hospitals, GP services, community health, and personal social services. Public Health covers policy and legislation promoting and protecting the health […]
The Department for Enterprise, Trade and Investment is responsible for a range of economic and social policy areas. This includes the regulation of trade unions and societies, consumer affairs matters, aspects of economic policy, energy, the European Support Unit, insolvency service, social economy, statistics and economic research, telecoms, tourism, better regulation, minerals, and petroleum. The […]