Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure (Northern Ireland)

Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure
Department overview
Formed	1 December 1999
Preceding Department	Department of Education ; Department of Agriculture;
Dissolved	5 May 2016
Superseding Department	Department for Communities ; Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs ; Department for Infrastructure;
Jurisdiction	Northern Ireland
Headquarters	Causeway Exchange, Bedford Street, Belfast, BT2 7EG
Employees	269 (September 2011)
Annual budget	£112.1 million (current) & £16.3 million (capital) for 2011–12
Website	www.dcalni.gov.uk

The Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure (DCAL; Irish: An Roinn Cultúir, Ealaíon agus Fóillíochta; Ulster Scots: Männystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom) 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.