Department of Finance and Personnel

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The Department of Finance and Personnel (DFP) 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.

1 About
2 History
3 Ministers for Finance and Personnel
4 References
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] About

The Department's vision: “Leading Reform, Delivering Value and Promoting Sustainability”^[1]

The Departmental Objectives:

To prioritise the use of resources available to Northern Ireland, ensure that these are used efficiently and secure the reform and modernisation of public services; and
To deliver efficient and cost effective services to the public in the Department's areas of executive responsibility."

The incumbent Minister is Nigel Dodds (DUP).^[2]

[edit] History

Following a referendum on the Belfast Agreement on 23 May 1998 and the granting of Royal Assent to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 on November 19, 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.

[edit] Ministers for Finance and Personnel

Minister	Party	Took office	Left office
Mark Durkan	Social Democratic and Labour	29 November 1999	14 December 2001
Seán Farren	Social Democratic and Labour	14 December 2001	14 October 2002
Peter Robinson	Democratic Unionist	8 May 2007	5 June 2008
Nigel Dodds	Democratic Unionist	9 June 2008

[edit] References

^ http://www.dfpni.gov.uk/about-dfp DFP
^ http://www.northernireland.gov.uk/index/your-government/devolved-government.htm Northern Ireland Executive

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

DFP
The Departments (Northern Ireland) Order 1999PDF (37.0 KB)

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