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Northern Ireland

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Politics and government of
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... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Northern Ireland is an administrative region and one of four parts of the United Kingdom. ...


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. ...


MembersActs
Elections: 1998 - 2003 - 2007 The Northern Ireland Assembly election, 2007 will be held on 7 March 2007. ... 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. ... The first elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly were held on June 25, 1998. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The third elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly were held on 7 March 2007. ...


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 First Minister of Northern Ireland and the Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland are the leaders of the Northern Ireland Executive, Northern Irelands home rule government set up in the 1990s as a result of the Good Friday Agreement. ... 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 StateDirect 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. ...

Organisations

British-Irish Council
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. ...


ConstituenciesPolitical 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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Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (DETINI) (Ulster Scots: Männystrie o Pratticks, Mercat an Graithin) is the main Government Department in Northern Ireland concerned with economic development. 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 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... Economic development is a sustainable increase in living standards that implies increased per capita income, better education and health as well as environmental protection. ...


Department Ministers

Minister Party Took office Left office
    Sir Reg Empey Ulster Unionist 29 November 1999 14 October 2002
    (Executive suspended) 15 October 2002

Sir Reginald Norman Morgan Empey (born October 26, 1947) is a Northern Ireland politician and a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for East Belfast. ...

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...

External link

  • http://www.detini.gov.uk
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Northern Ireland Executive

List of Government departments and agencies in Northern Ireland 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. ... 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...


First & Deputy-First MinisterAgricultureCulture, Arts & LeisureEducationEmployment & Learning
EnterpriseEnvironmentFinance & PersonnelHealthRegional DevelopmentSocial Development The First Minister of Northern Ireland and the Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland are the leaders of the Northern Ireland Executive, Northern Irelands home rule government set up in the 1990s as a result of the Good Friday Agreement. ... Trilingual sign for the DCAL The Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure (Irish: An Roinn Cultúir, Ealaíon agus Fóillíochta, Ulster Scots: Männystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom or DCAL) is a Government Department in the Northern Ireland Executive. ... Department for Employment and Learning (DEL, sometimes DELNI) (Irish: An Roinn Fostaíochta agus Foghlama[1], Ulster Scots: Männystrie o Darg an Lear) is a Government Department in the Northern Ireland Executive, the current direct-rule minister is Maria Eagle MP. The aim of the Department is to . The... The Department of Finance and Personnel (DFP) (Irish: An Roinn Airgeadais agus Pearsanra) is a government department in the Northern Ireland Executive. ... The Department for Regional Development (DRD) (Irish: An Roinn Forbartha Réigiúnaí, Ulster Scots: Männystrie o Kintra Pairts Fordèrin) is a government department of the Northern Ireland Executive created in 1999. ... The Department for Social Development (DSD) (Ulster Scots: Männystrie o Resydentèr Fowk Fordèrin) is a government department of the Northern Ireland Executive created in 1999. ...



 

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