Department of Education (Northern Ireland)

Department of Education
Irish: An Roinn Oideachais;
Ulster-Scots: Männystrie o Lear
Department overview
FormedJune 1921 (as Ministry of Education)
Preceding Department
JurisdictionNorthern Ireland
HeadquartersRathgael House, Balloo Road, Bangor, County Down, BT19 7PR
Employees609 (September 2011)[1]
Annual budget£1,894.6 million (current) & £114.7 million (capital) for 2011–12[2]
Minister responsible
Department executive
  • Mark Browne[3], Permanent Secretary
Websitewww.education-ni.gov.uk

The Department of Education (DENI) (Irish: An Roinn Oideachais; Ulster-Scots: Männystrie o Lear)[4] is a devolved Northern Irish government department in the Northern Ireland Executive. The minister with overall responsibility for the department is the Minister of Education.

  1. ^ "Northern Ireland Quarterly Employment Survey Historical Data". Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment. Archived from the original on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
  2. ^ "Budget 2011–15" (PDF). Department of Finance and Personnel. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 December 2011. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
  3. ^ "Permanent Secretary". Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  4. ^ Depairtment o Leir is also used by the North/South Ministerial Council.