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The Town and Country Planning Service was established in 1973 when the responsibilities of local planning authorities briefly passed to the Ministry of Development and later to the Department of the Housing, Local Government and Planning before being integrated into the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland. The Department's ...
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.
The Local Government Boundaries Commissioner for Northern Ireland is a Northern Ireland Executive sponsored body, responsible for defining local government boundaries.. The commission was established originally as the department and the Local Government Boundaries Commission keep under review all local government areas in Northern Ireland, and the electoral arrangements for the districts, and ...
The previous pattern of local government in Northern Ireland, with 26 councils, was established in 1973 by the Local Government (Boundaries) Act (Northern Ireland) 1971 and the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 to replace the previous system established by the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898.
Edwin Poots, Northern Ireland Minister of the Environment, opposed the extension of Belfast, while Sinn Féin members of the executive favoured it. The Northern Ireland Office made it clear that unless the dispute was speedily resolved, elections due in May 2011 would be to the existing 26 district councils. [20]
The process was known as devolution and was set up to return devolved legislative powers to Northern Ireland. DRD was one of five new 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.
It also represents Northern Irish interests at UK Government level and the interests of the UK Government in Northern Ireland. [6] The Northern Ireland Office has a close working relationship with the Government of Ireland as a co-guarantor of the peace process; this includes the British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference and its joint ...
Department for Infrastructure (Northern Ireland) Department for the Economy; Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs; Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure (Northern Ireland) Department of Education (Northern Ireland) Department of Finance (Northern Ireland) Department of Health (Northern Ireland) Department of Justice ...