Department overview | |
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Formed | 1 December 1999 |
Preceding Department |
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Dissolved | 5 May 2016 |
Superseding Department | |
Jurisdiction | Northern Ireland |
Headquarters | Causeway Exchange, Bedford Street, Belfast, BT2 7EG |
Employees | 269 (September 2011)[1] |
Annual budget | £112.1 million (current) & £16.3 million (capital) for 2011–12[2] |
Website | www |
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The Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure (DCAL; Irish: An Roinn Cultúir, Ealaíon agus Fóillíochta; Ulster Scots: Männystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom[3]) was a devolved government department in the Northern Ireland Executive. The minister with overall responsibility for the department was the Minister of Culture, Arts and Leisure.
After the election to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 2016, the DCAL was closed and its roles and functions were amalgamated with other departments in order to reduce the size of the Northern Ireland Executive.