Department of Finance (Northern Ireland)
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The Department of Finance and Personnel (DFP, Template:Lang-ga[1], Ulster Scots: Männystrie o Siller an Fowk Guideship[2]) 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 and Personnel.
Responsibilities
The incumbent Minister is Sammy Wilson (Democratic Unionist Party).[3]
The department is responsible for the following policy areas:
- finance
- the Northern Ireland Civil Service
- land and property
- building regulation
- procurement
- civil law reform
- civil registration
Some financial matters are reserved to Westminster and are therefore not devolved: [4]
In addition, some matters are excepted and were not intended for devolution: [5]
History
Following a referendum on the Good Friday 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 Labour government of Prime Minister Tony Blair. The process was known as devolution and was set up to give Northern Ireland devolved legislative powers. DFP is one of 11 devolved Northern Ireland Departments created in December 1999 by the Northern Ireland Act 1998 and The Departments (Northern Ireland) Order 1999.
Between 12 February 2000 [6] and 30 May 2000[7], and 15 October 2002[8] and 8 May 2007[9], however, devolution was suspended, and the Department became under the responsibility of Direct Rule ministers of the Northern Ireland Office. There were also two "technical" 24-hour periods of suspension on 11 August 2001 and 22 September 2001.[10][11][12][13][14]
Ministers of Finance and Personnel
Direct rule ministers
During the periods of suspension, the following ministers of the Northern Ireland Office were responsible for the department:
- Adam Ingram (2000)
- Ian Pearson (2002-05)
- Lord Rooker (2005-06)
- David Hanson (2006-07)
References
- ^ Department of Finance and Personnel - Irish Department of Finance and Personnel
- ^ Department of Finance and Personnel - Ulster-Scots Department of Finance and Personnel
- ^ Devolved Government Northern Ireland Executive
- ^ Northern Ireland Act 1998, Schedule 3
- ^ Northern Ireland Act 1998, Schedule 2
- ^ Article 2, Northern Ireland Act 2000 (Commencement) Order 2000
- ^ Article 2, Northern Ireland Act 2000 (Restoration of Devolved Government) Order 2000
- ^ Article 1, Northern Ireland Act 2000 (Suspension of Devolved Government) Order 2002
- ^ Historic return for NI Assembly BBC News, 8 May 2007
- ^ Entries under 10 August and 21 September 2001, Northern Ireland chronology: 2001 BBC News, 9 April 2003
- ^ Article 1, Northern Ireland Act 2000 (Suspension of Devolved Government) Order 2001
- ^ Article 2, Northern Ireland Act 2000 (Restoration of Devolved Government) Order 2001
- ^ Article 1, Northern Ireland Act 2000 (Suspension of Devolved Government) (No.2) Order 2001
- ^ Article 2, Northern Ireland Act 2000 (Restoration of Devolved Government) (No.2) Order 2001
- ^ Office suspended for 24 hours on 11 August 2001 and 22 September 2001
See also
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