The Broad Economy Sales and Exports Statistics (BESES) is an experimental annual measure of local businesses’ sales to markets outside Northern Ireland (NI). There are different levels of government in Northern Ireland. Comments or queries about angling can be emailed to anglingcorrespondence@daera-ni.gov.uk. Moreover, legislation can be passed in the Assembly only if it has the support of a minimum proportion of both unionist and nationalist members. The Northern Ireland Assemblywas established as part of the Belfast Agreement (also known as the Good Friday Agreement) in 1998. It exercised executive authority formally vested in the British monarch in relation to devolved matters. If your query is about another benefit, select ‘Other’ from the drop-down menu above. [CDATA[//>. It is made up of the First Minister and deputy First Minister who are joint Chairs and eight other ministers, seven of which are nominated by the political parties in the Assembly through a procedure known as d’Hondt and the Minister of Justice who is appointed through a cross-community vote in the Assembly. Under the terms of the initiative, the Assembly established in Belfast is obliged to operate along consociational lines, and the Executive includes both unionists (Protestants who support continued British rule of Northern Ireland) and nationalists (Catholics who support a united Ireland). Every week during Parliament, members of the Cabinet (Secretaries of State from all departments and some other ministers) meet to discuss the most important issues for the government. Stormont is the home of the Northern Ireland government, which was dissolved after an argument between the two parties in power Northern Ireland has … Although considerable progress was made toward decommissioning, there continued to be significant opposition to the peace process by some segments of the unionist community. Some powers still lie with the UK government. Budgetary services, funding support and debt assessment. The arrangements are different for each, reflecting their history and administrative structures. The Act of Union, which entered into force in 1801, abolished the Irish Parliament and provided for Irish representation in the British Parliament. The Lords shares the task of making and shaping laws and checking and challenging the work of the government. If you have a comment or query about benefits, you will need to contact the government department or agency which handles that benefit. In April 2015 those 26 districts were consolidated into 11 new districts: Antrim and Newtownabbey; Mid and East Antrim; Armagh, Banbridge, and Craigavon; Belfast; Causeway Coast and Glens; Derry and Strabane; Fermanagh and Omagh; Mid Ulster; Newry, Mourne, and Down; North Down and Ards; and Lisburn and Castlereagh. The political party with the most members forms the government of the UK. MPs debate the big political issues of the day and proposals for new laws. The Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921 had made provision for the amendment of the border between Northern Ireland and the new Irish Free State, and nationalists throughout the island trusted that this promise of possible revision would truncate and destabilize the North. Call 0800 587 0912Email dcs.incomingpostteamdhc2@nissa.gsi.gov.uk, Call 0800 587 2750 Email customerservice.unit@communities-ni.gov.uk, Call 0800 587 0912 Email dcs.incomingpostteamdhc2@nissa.gsi.gov.uk, Contact your local Jobs & Benefits office. These can be either 'reserved' matters which might transfer to the Northern Ireland Assembly at a future date; or 'excepted' matters which will stay with the UK government indefinitely. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Arlene Foster said she would step down as leader of the Democratic Unionist Party on May 28 and as First Minister of Northern Ireland at the end of June. THE GOVERNMENT OF NORTHERN IRELAND. For queries or advice about rates, email:rating@lpsni.gov.uk, For queries or advice about property valuation, email:valuation@lpsni.gov.uk, For queries or advice about land registry, email:CustomerInformation.LandRegistration@finance-ni.gov.uk, For mapping queries, email:Mapping.Helpdesk@finance-ni.gov.uk. Generally known as either the Cabinet or the Government, the Executive Committee existed from 1922 to 1972. A Working Paper for a Conference. In response to a deteriorating political climate in Northern Ireland and to years of horrific levels of communal violence, in March 1972 the British government of Edward Heath suspended the Belfast parliament and Home Rule and began governing the region directly through the secretary of state for Northern Ireland. Local government in Northern Ireland has undergone two major restructures since the early 1970s. www.nidirect.gov.uk is the official government website for people living in Northern Ireland. Two parliaments were introduced, one in Dublin to serve twenty-six counties and one in Belfast to serve six northern counties. While the Good Friday Agreement envisaged changes on many fronts, its central concern was political accommodation between Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland. The House of Commons is elected by the public. In 2007, however, the more hard-line Roman Catholic Sinn Féin and Protestant Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)—the latter having previously refused even to meet with representatives of Sinn Féin—reached a historic settlement to form a power-sharing government, thereby allowing the return of devolved power to Northern Ireland. if(window.da2a)da2a.script_load(); Northern Ireland occupies about one-sixth of the island of Ireland and is separated on the east from Scotland, another part of the United Kingdom, by the narrow North Channel, which is at one point only 13 miles (21 km) wide.The Irish Sea separates Northern Ireland from England and Wales on the east and southeast, respectively, and the Atlantic Ocean lies to the north. Because Northern Ireland is a constituent element of the United Kingdom, its head of government is the British prime minister, and its head of state is the reigning monarch. 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