Department for the Economy

Department for the Economy
Department overview

Formed	June 1921 (as Ministry of Commerce)
Preceding Department	Dublin Castle administration
Jurisdiction	Northern Ireland
Headquarters	Adelaide House, 39–49 Adelaide Street, Belfast, BT2 8FD
Employees	582 (September 2011)
Annual budget	£207.1 million (current) & £68.7 million (capital) for 2011–12
Minister responsible	Caoimhe Archibald
Department executive	Ian Snowden, Permanent Secretary
Website	www.economy-ni.gov.uk

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The Department for the Economy (DfE, Irish: An Roinn Geilleagair) is a devolved Northern Ireland government department in the Northern Ireland Executive. The minister with overall responsibility for the department is the Minister for the Economy.

DfE was renamed in 2016; it was previously called the Department for Enterprise, Trade and Investment.