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Northern Ireland Anthem: UK: God Save the Queen Regional: (de facto) Londonderry Air Capital Belfast Largest city Belfast Official languages English (de facto), Irish, Ulster Scots 3, BSL, NISL, ISL Government Constitutional monarchy - Queen Queen Elizabeth II - Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair MP - First Minister Ian Paisley - Deputy First Minister...
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Northern Ireland is an administrative region and one of four parts of the United Kingdom. ...
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| | In Northern Ireland | | Northern Ireland Assembly Anthem: UK: God Save the Queen Regional: (de facto) Londonderry Air Capital Belfast Largest city Belfast Official languages English (de facto), Irish, Ulster Scots 3, BSL, NISL, ISL Government Constitutional monarchy - Queen Queen Elizabeth II - Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair MP - First Minister Ian Paisley - Deputy First Minister...
The Northern Ireland Assembly is a home rule legislature established in Northern Ireland under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement of 1998, but currently under suspension. ...
Acts: Acts
Members: 1998 - 2003 - 2007
Elections: 1998 - 2003 - 2007
Presiding Officer This is a list of Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly passed by that body during its existence between 2000 and 2002 when it was suspended. ...
This is a list of Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly elected in 1998. ...
The Northern Ireland Assembly elected in November 2003, never met as such, since Northern Irelands devolved government and representative institutions were suspended following the re-introduction of direct rule by the United Kingdom government on 14 October 2002. ...
The Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2007 will be held on 7 March 2007. ...
The first elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly were held on June 25, 1998. ...
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The third elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly were held on 7 March 2007. ...
The Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly is the presiding officer of the Northern Ireland Assembly, elected on a cross-community vote by the Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly. ...
Northern Ireland Executive The Northern Ireland Executive as established by the Northern Ireland Act 1998 is the (currently suspended) executive body for Northern Ireland, answerable to the Northern Ireland Assembly. ...
First & Deputy First Minister
Departments and agencies The Office of the First Minister and the Deputy First Minister (OFMDFM) (Irish: Oifig an Chéad-Aire agus an LeasChéad-Aire, Ulster Scots: Offis o tha Heid Männystèr an tha Heid Männystèr Depute) is the Northern Ireland government department with overall responsibility for the...
List of Government departments and agencies in Northern Ireland This article is a list of Northern Ireland government Departments and their Agencies and other related organisations (listed underneath each Department) (at September 2006): // Government departments and agencies These Departments are subject to the Northern Ireland Assembly, when it is in...
Local Government
Courts of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland is divided into 26 districts for local government purposes. ...
The United Kingdom does not have a single unified judicial system — England and Wales have one system, Scotland another, and Northern Ireland a third. ...
| | In the United Kingdom | | United Kingdom Parliament The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty). ...
Committees: Affairs - Grand
Members: Commons - Lords
Elections: 2005 The Northern Ireland Affairs Committee is appointed by the House of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Northern Ireland Office. ...
The Northern Ireland Grand Committee is one of three such committees in the United Kingdom Parliament. ...
This is a list of members of Parliament elected at the 2001 UK general election or in subsequent by-elections for Northern Ireland seats, by party. ...
This is a list of Members of the United Kingdom House of Lords who were born, live or lived in Northern Ireland. ...
The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005. ...
United Kingdom Government The agencies responsible for the government of the United Kingdom consist of a number of ministerial departments (usually headed by a Secretary of State) and non-ministerial departments headed by senior civil servants. ...
Northern Ireland Office
Secretary of State • Direct Rule The Northern Ireland Office (NIO) is an arm of the United Kingdom government, responsible for Northern Ireland affairs. ...
The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland is the British cabinet minister who has responsibility for the government of Northern Ireland. ...
Direct Rule is the term given to the running of the day-to-day administration of Northern Ireland directly from Westminster. ...
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Electoral Commission
North/South Ministerial Council The British–Irish Council (sometimes known as the Council of the Isles) is a body created by the Belfast Agreement (also known as the Good Friday Agreement). ...
The Electoral Commission is a non-ministerial government department with powers in the United Kingdom, which was created by an Act of Parliament, the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (2000 c. ...
The North/South Ministerial Council (NSMC, Irish: An Chomhairle Aireachta Thuaidh/Theas, Ulster-Scots: The Noarth-Sooth Cooncil o Männystèrs) is a body established under the Belfast Agreement (also known as the Good Friday Agreement) to co-ordinate activity and exercise certain limited governmental powers across the whole...
| | See also | | Belfast Agreement (1998)
St Andrews Agreement (2006) The Belfast Agreement (also known as the Good Friday Agreement and, more rarely, as the Stormont Agreement) was a major political development in the Northern Ireland peace process. ...
The St Andrews Agreement is an agreement proposed by the British and Irish Governments in relation to devolution of power to the Northern Ireland Assembly. ...
Elections in Northern Ireland Elections in Northern Ireland gives information on election and election results in Northern Ireland. ...
Constituencies • Political parties Northern Ireland is divided into 18 Parliamentary constituencies - 4 Borough constituencies in Belfast and 14 County constituencies elsewhere. ...
Political parties in Northern Ireland lists political parties in Northern Ireland. ...
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view • talk • edit | Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) (Irish: An Roinn Talmhaíochta agus Forbartha Tuaithe, Ulster Scots: Männystrie o Fairms an Kintra Fordèrin) is a Government Department in the Northern Ireland Executive. The Department is responsible for growth and the development of the countryside in Northern Ireland. Information on politics by country is available for every country, including both de jure and de facto independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ...
Ulster Scots, also known as Ullans, Hiberno-Scots, or Scotch-Irish, refers to the variety of Scots (sometimes referred to as Lowland Scots) spoken in parts of the province of Ulster, which spans the six counties of Northern Ireland and three of the Republic of Ireland. ...
Anthem: UK: God Save the Queen Regional: (de facto) Londonderry Air Capital Belfast Largest city Belfast Official languages English (de facto), Irish, Ulster Scots 3, BSL, NISL, ISL Government Constitutional monarchy - Queen Queen Elizabeth II - Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair MP - First Minister Ian Paisley - Deputy First Minister...
The department has responsibility for various aspects of rural management. This include food, farming, and environmental policy and the development of the rural sector as a whole. In schemes which affect the whole of the United Kingdom DARD is responsible to Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) whose primary responsibility is England and Wales. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is the United Kingdom government department responsible for environmental protection, food production and standards, agriculture, fisheries and rural communities in England. ...
The current direct-rule minster is David Cairns MP. John David Cairns (born 1966) is a Scottish politician, and member of Parliament for Greenock and Inverclyde - the first person born locally to do so. ...
Department Ministers | Minister | Party | Took office | Left office | | | Bríd Rodgers | Social Democratic and Labour | 29 November 1999 | 14 October 2002 | | | Michelle Gildernew | Sinn Féin | 8 May 2007 | Brid Rodgers (born 20 February 1935 in Gweedore, County Donegal, Ireland) is a former Northern Irish politician. ...
Michelle Gildernew (born 28 March 1970) is an Irish republican politician. ...
See also List of Government departments and agencies in Northern Ireland This article is a list of Northern Ireland government Departments and their Agencies and other related organisations (listed underneath each Department) (at September 2006): // Government departments and agencies These Departments are subject to the Northern Ireland Assembly, when it is in...
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