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Department overview | |
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Formed | June 1921 (as Ministry of Commerce) |
Preceding Department | |
Jurisdiction | Northern Ireland |
Headquarters | Adelaide House, 39–49 Adelaide Street, Belfast, BT2 8FD |
Employees | 582 (September 2011)[1] |
Annual budget | £207.1 million (current) & £68.7 million (capital) for 2011–12[2] |
Minister responsible | |
Department executive |
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Website | www.economy-ni.gov.uk |
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The Department for the Economy (DfE, Irish: An Roinn Geilleagair[4]) 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.