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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. [1]
Until 2016, the committee was called the Committee for Finance and Personnel.
The committee will meet for the first time in the 2022–2027 Assembly on 14 February 2024.
| Party | Member [2] | Constituency | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SDLP | Matthew O'Toole MLA (Chairperson) | Belfast South | |
| DUP | Diane Forsythe MLA (Deputy Chairperson) | South Down | |
| UUP | Steve Aiken MLA | South Antrim | |
| DUP | Phillip Brett MLA | Belfast North | |
| Sinn Féin | Nicola Brogan MLA | West Tyrone | |
| People Before Profit | Gerry Carroll MLA | Belfast West | |
| DUP | Paul Frew MLA | North Antrim | |
| Sinn Féin | Deirdre Hargey MLA | Belfast South | |
| Alliance | Eóin Tennyson MLA | Upper Bann | |
| Minister | Image | Party | Took office | Left office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francie Molloy |  | Sinn Féin | 30 November 1999 | 28 April 2003 | |
| Office suspended | |||||
| Mitchel McLaughlin |  | Sinn Féin | 9 May 2007 | 8 September 2009 | |
| Jennifer McCann |  | Sinn Féin | 9 September 2009 | 19 January 2011 | |
| Daithí McKay |  | Sinn Féin | 20 January 2011 | 25 March 2011 | |
| Conor Murphy |  | Sinn Féin | 16 May 2011 | 1 July 2012 | |
| Daithí McKay | | Sinn Féin | 2 July 2012 | 6 May 2016 | |
| Emma Little-Pengelly |  | DUP | 25 May 2016 | 26 January 2017 | |
| Office suspended | |||||
| Steve Aiken |  | UUP | 14 January 2020 | Present | |
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