Department for Social Development

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The Department for Social Development (DSD) (Ulster Scots: Männystrie o Resydentèr Fowk Fordèrin) is a government department of the Northern Ireland Executive created in 1999. The Department is responsible for urban regeneration, community and voluntary sector development, social legislation, housing, social security benefits, pensions and child support. The department has been part of the the effort save the SS Nomadic, it bought the vessel in 2006[1].

[edit] Department Ministers

Minister	Party	Took office	Left office
Nigel Dodds	Democratic Unionist	29 November 1999	27 July 2000
Maurice Morrow (Acting)	Democratic Unionist	19 October 2001	24 October 2001
Nigel Dodds	Democratic Unionist	24 October 2001	11 October 2002
(Vacant)		12 October 2002	14 October 2002
(Executive suspended)		15 October 2002	7 May 2007
Margaret Ritchie	Social Democratic and Labour	8 May 2007