Ministers and their departments

Rt. Hon Peter D Robinson MLA
Office of the First Minister & Deputy First Minister

Responsible for:

• support for the Executive and liaison with the Assembly
• North-South Ministerial Council
• Civic Forum and UK Departments
• improving investment in infrastructure
• British-Irish Council
• international relations
• children and young people
• victims and survivors
• sustainable development
• Maze/Long Kesh Regeneration
• Review of Public Administration
• Information Service
• emergency planning
• the Statutory Publications Office
• tackling poverty and social exclusion
• Programme for Government and the Executive’s economic policies
• promoting and monitoring implementation of equality of opportunity/good relations

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Martin McGuinness MLA
Office of the First Minister & Deputy First Minister

Responsible for:

• support for the Executive and liaison with the Assembly
• North-South Ministerial Council
• Civic Forum and UK Departments
• improving investment in infrastructure
• British-Irish Council
• international relations
• children and young people
• victims and survivors
• sustainable development
• Maze/Long Kesh Regeneration
• Review of Public Administration
• Information Service
• emergency planning
• the Statutory Publications Office
• tackling poverty and social exclusion
• Programme for Government and the Executive’s economic policies
• promoting and monitoring implementation of equality of opportunity/good relations

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Jonathan Bell MLA
Office of the First Minister & Deputy First Minister

Junior Minister Jonathan Bell assists the First & Deputy First Ministers in carrying out the work of their department. He is jointly accountable to the First Minister and deputy First Minister.

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Jennifer McCann MLA
Office of the First Minister & Deputy First Minister

Junior Minister Jennifer McCann assists the First & Deputy First Ministers in carrying out the work of their department. She is jointly accountable to the First Minister and deputy First Minister.

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Sammy Wilson MP MLA
Department of Finance & Personnel

Responsible for:

• finance
• personnel
• Civil Law Reform Division
• Land Registers
• General Registers Office & Building Regulations
• central procurement
• Land & Property Services Agency
• civil service accommodation
• legal Services
• Official Statistics Northern Ireland
• NI Statistics & Research Agency (NISRA)

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John O'Dowd MLA
Department of Education

Responsible for:

• schools funding and administrations
• pre-school, primary, post-primary and special education
• the promotion of community relations within and between schools
• teacher education and salaries and school planning and provision
• the youth service

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Arlene Foster MLA
Department of Enterprise, Trade & Investment

Responsible for:

• economic development policy, including business development, energy, telecoms, tourism
• economic advice & research; research and statistics services
• health and safety at work
• social economy
• mineral development
• Geological survey of NI
• Invest NI
• Intertrade Ireland and Tourism Ireland
• Health and Safety Executive for NI
• NI Tourist Board
• the Consumer Council for NI
• business regulation, including company law/registry, insolvency service, consumer affairs, trading standards

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Edwin Poots MLA
Department of Health, Social Services & Public Safety

Responsible for:

• public health
• family practitioner services
• elderly and community care
• child care and child protection
• family policy
• mental health
• learning disability
• physical and sensory disability
• provision of hospital services and clinics
• accident and emergency services
• public safety
• ambulance and fire and rescue services
• primary care services and community health and personal social services

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Nelson McCausland MLA
Department for Social Development

Responsible for:

• housing programmes
• Social Security Agency
• support for the voluntary and community sector
• social and charities policy and legislation
• urban regeneration policy, strategy and programmes
• Child Support Agency
• Charities Advisory Committee
• Office of the Social Fund Commissioner
• Northern Ireland Housing Executive
• Disability Living Allowance Advisory Board for Northern Ireland
• Rent Assessment Officer

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Dr Stephen Farry MLA
Department for Employment and Learning

Responsible for:

• higher education
• further education
• vocational training
• employment services
• employment law and labour relations
• sudent support and postgraduate awards
• careers advice and guidance
• skills strategy
• STEM Strategy

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David Ford MLA
Department of Justice

Responsible for:

• providing resources and a legislative framework for its agencies and arms length bodies
• ensuring there is a fair and effective justice system
• increasing public confidence
• tackling avoidable delay within the criminal justice system
• reducing re-offending and managing offenders
• addressing the needs of victims and witnesses
• building safer communities
• DOJ agencies, including the Northern Ireland Prison Service, Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service, Compensation Agency, Forensic Science Agency and the Youth Justice Agency

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Alex Attwood MLA
Department of the Environment

Responsible for:

• planning control
• environment and heritage
• protection of the countryside
• waste management
• pollution control
• wildlife protection
• local government
• local government reform
• mineral resources (planning aspects)
• driver and vehicle testing and licensing
• road safety
• transport licensing and enforcement

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Carál Ní Chuilín MLA
Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure

Responsible for:

• arts and creativity
• sport and leisure
• inland fisheries
• inland waterways
• public libraries and museums
• language diversity
• Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
• advising on National Lottery policy

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Danny Kennedy MLA
Department for Regional Development

Responsible for:

• strategic planning
• transportation strategy
• ports and public transport
• roads and water policy
• providing and maintaining roads
• water and sewerage services

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Michelle O'Neill MLA
Department of Agriculture & Rural Development

Responsible for:

• food: farming and agri-environment policy
• agri-food development
• rural payments and inspection
• veterinary matters
• rural development
• forestry
• sea fisheries and rivers

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