Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure
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The Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure (Irish: An Roinn Cultúir, Ealaíon agus Fóillíochta, Ulster Scots: Männystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom or DCAL) is a Government Department in the Northern Ireland Executive. The Department is responsible for policy development in the field of culture, arts and leisure in Northern Ireland. The department covers a wide area of policy including;
- Arts and creativity,
- Museums,
- Libraries,
- Sport and leisure,
- Visitor amenities,
- Inland waterways and fisheries,
- Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland,
- Public Record Office of Northern Ireland,
- Language diversity
- and the Northern Ireland Events Company.
[edit] Department Ministers
Minister | Party | Took office | Left office | |
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Michael McGimpsey | Ulster Unionist | 29 November 1999 | 14 October 2002 |