List of government departments, their agencies and their ministers in Northern Ireland
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A list of Northern Ireland government departments, their agencies and their ministers and related organisations. The devolved government of Northern Ireland (the Northern Ireland Executive) is responsible for most public services in the region but some services are also provided by the United Kingdom Government and cross-border bodies under the North/South Ministerial Council. Public bodies take several forms with some reporting directly to their department (agencies) and others operating having more independence as they advise government (non-departmental public bodies).[1]
Below the regional tier of public bodies, public services are also provided by 11 local authorities, five education and library boards and five health and social care trusts. Others are accountable directly to the Northern Ireland Assembly or to external organisations e.g. the European Union.
Ministers
- First Minister
- deputy First Minister
- Junior Ministers (accountable to the First Minister and deputy First Minister)
- Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development
- Minister for Culture, Arts and Leisure
- Minister for Education
- Minister for Employment and Learning
- Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment
- Minister for the Environment
- Minister for Finance and Personnel
- Minister for Health, Social Services and Public Safety
- Minister for Justice
- Minister for Regional Development
- Minister for Social Development
Law officers
- Attorney General for Northern Ireland (advisor to the Northern Ireland Executive)
- Advocate General for Northern Ireland (advisor to the United Kingdom Government, also Attorney General for England and Wales) [2]
Northern Ireland Executive etc.
- Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister (OFMDFM)
- Commissioner for Public Appointments for Northern Ireland
- Inquiry into Historical Institutional Abuse
- North South Ministerial Council Joint Secretariat (North)
- Planning Appeals Commission and Water Appeals Commission
- Non-Departmental Public Bodies:[3]
- Commissioner for Children and Young People for Northern Ireland
- Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland
- Community Relations Council for Northern Ireland
- Commission for Victims and Survivors for Northern Ireland
- Equality Commission for Northern Ireland
- Ilex Urban Regeneration Company (exclusive sponsorship from 1 April 2013)
- Maze/Long Kesh Development Corporation
- Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission
- Northern Ireland Memorial Fund
- Strategic Investment Board
- Victims and Survivors Service
- Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD)
- College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise
- Forest Service
- Rivers Agency
- Non-Departmental Public Bodies:[4]
- Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute
- Agricultural Wages Board for Northern Ireland
- Drainage Council for Northern Ireland
- Livestock and Meat Commission for Northern Ireland
- Northern Ireland Fisheries Harbour Authority
- Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure (DCAL)
- Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)
- Non-Departmental Public Bodies:[5]
- Arts Council of Northern Ireland
- National Museums and Galleries of Northern Ireland
- Northern Ireland Library Authority (Libraries NI)
- Sports Council for Northern Ireland
- Northern Ireland Museums Council Ltd
- Armagh Observatory and Armagh Planetarium
- Northern Ireland Screen
- Department of Education (DE)
- Non-Departmental Public Bodies:[6]
- Comhairle na Gaelscolaiochta
- Council for Catholic Maintained Schools
- General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland
- Middletown Centre for Autism
- Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education
- Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment
- Staff Commission for Education and Library Boards
- Youth Council for Northern Ireland
- Tribunal:
- Exceptional Circumstances Body
- Non-Departmental Public Bodies:[6]
- Department for Employment and Learning (DEL)[7]
- Office of The Industrial Tribunals and The Fair Employment Tribunal
- Further Education and Teacher Training Colleges:
- Non-Departmental Public Bodies:
- Labour Relations Agency
- CITB–ConstructionSkills Northern Ireland
- Public Corporation:
- Ulster Supported Employment Limited
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (DETI)
- Geological Survey of Northern Ireland
- Non-Departmental Public Bodies:[8]
- Public Corporation:
- Department of the Environment (DOE)[9]
- Driver and Vehicle Agency (DVA) (technically a public corporation)
- Driver and Vehicle Testing Agency Trading Fund
- Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA)
- Advisory Bodies:
- Council for Nature Conservation and the Countryside (CNCC)
- Historic Buildings Council
- Historic Monuments Council
- Non-Departmental Public Bodies:
- Local Government Staff Commission
- Northern Ireland Local Government Officers' Superannuation Committee
- Driver and Vehicle Agency (DVA) (technically a public corporation)
- Department of Finance and Personnel (DFP)
- Land and Property Services (LPS)
- Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA)
- Non-Departmental Public Bodies:[10]
- Lay Observer for Northern Ireland
- Northern Ireland Building Regulations Advisory Committee
- Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme (Northern Ireland) Governance Group
- Public Service Commission for Northern Ireland
- Statistics Advisory Committee
- Tribunal:
- Northern Ireland Civil Service Appeals Board
- Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS)
- Health and Social Care Board
- Public Health Agency
- Safeguarding Board for Northern Ireland
- Non-Departmental Public Bodies:[11]
- Business Services Organisation
- Clinical and Excellence Awards Committee (non-executive)
- Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Health and Social Care Trust
- Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service
- Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service
- Northern Ireland Guardian ad Litem Agency
- Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Agency
- Northern Ireland Practice and Education Council for Nursing and Midwifery
- Northern Ireland Social Care Council
- Patient Client Council
- Poisons Board (non-executive)
- Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority
- Tribunals:
- Tribunal under Schedule 11 to the HPSS (NI) Order 1972 (meets on an ad-hoc basis)
- Department of Justice (DOJ)
- Compensation Agency (Northern Ireland)
- Forensic Science Northern Ireland
- Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service
- Northern Ireland Prison Service
- Northern Ireland Prisoner Ombudsman
- Youth Justice Agency of Northern Ireland
- Non-Departmental Public Bodies:[12]
- Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland
- Northern Ireland Legal Services Commission
- Northern Ireland Police Fund
- Northern Ireland Policing Board
- Northern Ireland Police Ombudsman
- Police Rehabilitation and Retraining Trust
- Futures NI
- Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI)
- Probation Board for Northern Ireland (PBNI)
- RUC George Cross Foundation
- Department for Regional Development (DRD)[13]
- Transport NI
- Public Corporations:
- Trust Ports:
- Belfast Harbour Commissioners
- Donaghadee Harbour Commissioners
- Londonderry Port & Harbour Commissioners
- Warrenpoint Harbour Authority
- Department for Social Development (DSD)[14]
- Child Maintenance Service
- Rent Assessment Panel
- Social Security Agency (SSA)
- Non-Departmental Public Bodies:
- Charities Advisory Committee (non-executive)
- Charity Commission for Northern Ireland
- Office of the Social Fund Commissioner (NI)
- Vaughan's Charitable Trust (overseeing role only, no funding involved)
- Public Corporation:
- Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland (PPSNI) Non-Ministerial Department
Local and sub-regional government
Local authorities
Main article: Local government in Northern Ireland
- Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council
- Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon District Council
- Belfast City Council
- Causeway Coast and Glens District Council
- Derry and Strabane District Council
- Fermanagh and Omagh District Council
- Lisburn and Castlereagh District Council
- Mid and East Antrim District Council
- Mid-Ulster District Council
- Newry, Mourne and Down District Council
- North Down and Ards District Council
Education and library boards
- Belfast Education and Library Board
- North Eastern Education and Library Board
- South Eastern Education and Library Board
- Southern Education and Library Board
- Western Education and Library Board
Health and social care trusts
- Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
- Northern Health and Social Care Trust
- South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust
- Southern Health and Social Care Trust
- Western Health and Social Care Trust
UK Government etc.
The following departments of the United Kingdom government and UK-wide public bodies operate in Northern Ireland.
Northern Ireland Office (NIO)
The NIO is the UK department responsible for Northern Ireland affairs and is led by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, who represents Northern Ireland interests at Cabinet level. It is responsible for the following public bodies:
Executive agencies (by department)
Non-departmental public bodies (outside NIO, by department)
Non-ministerial departments (answerable to Parliament)
Other regulators
Defence and security services
- British Armed Forces (principally the British Army)
- Security Service (MI5)
Public bodies operating from Great Britain
Several public bodies have a UK-wide remit for reserved and excepted matters in Northern Ireland but operate from Great Britain.
- Department for Business, Innovation and Skills:
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport:
- Ministry of Defence:
- Department of Energy and Climate Change:
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
- Department of Health:
- Ministry of Justice
- Department for Transport:
- HM Treasury:
- Non-ministerial departments:
North/South Ministerial Council
The North/South Ministerial Council (NSMC) consists of Northern Ireland Executive and Irish Government ministers, and is designed to encourage co-operation between the two jurisdictions on Ireland. The similar British-Irish Council, which consists of ministers from all countries of the British Isles (also known as Britain and Ireland), has no related public bodies.
NSMC cross-border bodies:
- Food Safety Promotion Board
- Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission
- Loughs Agency
- Lights Agency (proposed)
- Institute of Public Health in Ireland
- InterTradeIreland
- North/South Language Body
- Foras na Gaeilge
- Tha Boord o Ulstèr-Scotch (Ulster-Scots Agency)
- Special European Union Programmes Body (SEUPB)
- Tourism Ireland
- Waterways Ireland
External organisations
- European Commission (regional office in Belfast)
- Independent Monitoring Commission (accountable to UK Government and Irish Government)
- Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (through British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference joint secretariat)
- United States Department of State (US Consulate-General, Belfast)
Other public bodies
- Civic Forum for Northern Ireland (suspended)
- Civil Service Commissioners for Northern Ireland
- Northern Ireland Audit Office (NIAO)
- Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation
- Northern Ireland Ombudsman
See also
- Education in Northern Ireland
- Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland
- Local government in Northern Ireland
- Northern Ireland Assembly
- Northern Ireland Civil Service
- Northern Ireland Executive
- Northern Ireland Office
- Reserved matters
References
- ↑ Departments, agencies and NDPBs, Home Civil Service, 15 November 2009 Archived 25 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Statement on Northern Ireland devolution, Attorney General's Office, 12 April 2010 Archived 5 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ http://www.ofmdfmni.gov.uk/ofmdfm-annunal-reports-accounts-2012-2013.pdf
- ↑ http://www.dardni.gov.uk/dard-resource-accounts-2012-13-final-2.pdf
- ↑ http://www.dcalni.gov.uk/dcal-resource-accounts-14-15.pdf
- ↑ http://www.deni.gov.uk/2012-13_de_annual_report_and_accounts.pdf
- ↑ http://www.delni.gov.uk/del-resource-accounts-for-the-year-ended-31-march-2013.pdf
- ↑ http://www.detini.gov.uk/deti_resource_accounts_2012-13.pdf?rev=0
- ↑ http://www.doeni.gov.uk/index/information/foi/recent-releases/publications-details.htm?docid=9316
- ↑ http://www.dfpni.gov.uk/dfp-resource-accounts-year-ended-31-march-2013.pdf
- ↑ http://www.dhsspsni.gov.uk/12-13dra.pdf
- ↑ http://www.dojni.gov.uk/index/publications/publication-categories/pubs-departmental-business/doj-departmental-business/doj-annual-reports/annual-report-and-resource-accounts-2012-13.pdf
- ↑ http://www.drdni.gov.uk/index/publications/publications-details.htm?docid=9196
- ↑ http://www.dsdni.gov.uk/dsd-resource-accounts-2013.pdf
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