Committee for Finance

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{{Politics of Northern Ireland}}

The Committee for Finance is a Northern Ireland Assembly committee established to advise, assist and scrutinise the work of the Department of Finance and the Minister of Finance (currently Caoimhe Archibald). The committee also plays a key role in the consultation, consideration and development of new legislation.[http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/finance/2007mandate/finhome_07.htm Finance and Personnel Committee - niassembly.gov.uk] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081228115803/http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/finance/2007mandate/finhome_07.htm |date=2008-12-28 }}, URL accessed 25 November 2008.

Until 2016, the committee was called the Committee for Finance and Personnel.

2022–2027 Assembly

The committee will meet for the first time in the 2022–2027 Assembly on 14 February 2024.

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! scope="col" | Member{{cite web |title=Committee Membership |url=http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/assembly-business/committees/2022-2027/finance/ |website=www.niassembly.gov.uk |access-date=13 February 2024}}

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{{Party name with colour|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}

| Matthew O'Toole MLA (Chairperson)

| Belfast South

{{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}}

| Diane Forsythe MLA (Deputy Chairperson)

| South Down

{{Party name with colour|Ulster Unionist Party}}

| Steve Aiken MLA

| South Antrim

{{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}}

| Phillip Brett MLA

| Belfast North

{{Party name with colour|Sinn Féin}}

| Nicola Brogan MLA

| West Tyrone

{{Party name with colour|People Before Profit Alliance}}

| Gerry Carroll MLA

| Belfast West

{{Party name with colour|Democratic Unionist Party}}

| Paul Frew MLA

| North Antrim

{{Party name with colour|Sinn Féin}}

| Deirdre Hargey MLA

| Belfast South

{{Party name with colour|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}

| Eóin Tennyson MLA

| Upper Bann

Chairpersons

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! !!Minister!!Image!!Party!!Took office!!Left office

style="background:{{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |    Francie Molloy60px{{party shortname|Sinn Féin}}30 November 199928 April 2003
colspan="6" align="center"| Office suspended
style="background:{{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |    Mitchel McLaughlin60px{{party shortname|Sinn Féin}}9 May 20078 September 2009
style="background:{{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |    Jennifer McCann60px{{party shortname|Sinn Féin}}9 September 200919 January 2011
style="background:{{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |    Daithí McKay60px{{party shortname|Sinn Féin}}20 January 201125 March 2011
style="background:{{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |    Conor Murphy60px{{party shortname|Sinn Féin}}16 May 20111 July 2012
style="background:{{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |    Daithí McKay60px{{party shortname|Sinn Féin}}2 July 20126 May 2016
style="background:{{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |    Emma Little-Pengelly60px{{party shortname|Democratic Unionist Party}}25 May 201626 January 2017
colspan="6" align="center"| Office suspended
style="background:{{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |    Steve Aiken60px{{party shortname|Ulster Unionist Party}}14 January 2020Present

See also

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