| Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment | |
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| Department overview | |
| Formed | June 1921 (as Ministry of Commerce) |
| Preceding Department | Dublin Castle administration |
| Jurisdiction | Northern Ireland |
| Headquarters | Netherleigh, Massey Avenue, Belfast, BT4 2JP |
| Employees | 582 (September 2011) [1] |
| Annual budget | £207.1 million (current) & £68.7 million (capital) for 2011-12 [2] |
| Minister responsible | Arlene Foster |
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| www.detini.gov.uk | |
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The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (DETI, Irish: An Roinn Fiontar, Trádála agus Infheistíochta[3]) is a devolved Northern Ireland government department in the Northern Ireland Executive. The minister with overall responsibility for the department is the Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment.
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DETI’s overall aim is to “promote the development of a globally competitive economy.” Its stated objective is to “encourage the development of a high value added, innovative, enterprising and competitive economy, leading to greater wealth creation and job opportunities for all.” [4]
The incumbent Minister is Arlene Foster (Democratic Unionist Party).[5]
The department is responsible for the following policy areas:[6]
Some economic matters are reserved to Westminster and are therefore not devolved: [7]
In addition, some matters are excepted and were not intended for devolution:[8]
DETI’s main counterparts in the United Kingdom Government are:
In the Irish Government, its main counterparts are:
DETI has four agencies, established as non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs), to assist in strategy implementation:
Following a referendum on the Belfast 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 United Kingdom government under Prime Minister Tony Blair. The process was known as devolution and was set up to return devolved legislative powers to Northern Ireland. DETI 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.
A devolved minister first took office on 2 December 1999. Devolution was suspended for four periods, during which the department came under the responsibility of direct rule ministers from the Northern Ireland Office:
Since 8 May 2007, devolution has operated without interruption.
| Minister | Party | Took office | Left office | |
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| Sir Reg Empey | Ulster Unionist | 2 December 1999 | 11 February 2000 | |
| Office suspended | ||||
| Sir Reg Empey | Ulster Unionist | 30 May 2000 | 14 October 2002[23] | |
| Office suspended | ||||
| Nigel Dodds | Democratic Unionist | 8 May 2007 | 9 June 2008 | |
| Arlene Foster | Democratic Unionist | 9 June 2008 | ||
During the periods of suspension, the following ministers of the Northern Ireland Office were responsible for the department:
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