Department of Finance (Northern Ireland)

Department of Finance
Department overview
FormedJune 1921 (as Ministry of Finance)
Preceding Department
JurisdictionNorthern Ireland
HeadquartersClare House, 303 Airport Road, Belfast, BT3 9ED
Employees3,586 (September 2011)
Annual budget£188.6 million (current) & £18.9 million (capital) for 2011–12
Minister responsible
Department executive
  • Neil Gibson, Permanent Secretary
Websitewww.finance-ni.gov.uk

The Department of Finance (DoF, Irish: An Roinn Airgeadais, Ulster-Scots: Männystrie o Siller) is a devolved Northern Ireland government department in the Northern Ireland Executive. The minister with overall responsibility for the department is the Minister for Finance. The incumbent Minister is John O'Dowd.

The department was previously called the Department of Finance and Personnel (DFP) before its name change on 9 May 2016.