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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew O'Toole MLA (Chairperson) | Belfast South | ||
| Diane Forsythe MLA (Deputy Chairperson) | South Down | ||
| Steve Aiken MLA | South Antrim | ||
| Phillip Brett MLA | Belfast North | ||
| Nicola Brogan MLA | West Tyrone | ||
| Gerry Carroll MLA | Belfast West | ||
| Paul Frew MLA | North Antrim | ||
| Deirdre Hargey MLA | Belfast South | ||
| Eóin Tennyson MLA | Upper Bann | ||
| Minister | Image | Party | Took office | Left office | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francie Molloy | 30 November 1999 | 28 April 2003 | ||||
| Office suspended | ||||||
| Mitchel McLaughlin | 9 May 2007 | 8 September 2009 | ||||
| Jennifer McCann | 9 September 2009 | 19 January 2011 | ||||
| Daithí McKay | 20 January 2011 | 25 March 2011 | ||||
| Conor Murphy | 16 May 2011 | 1 July 2012 | ||||
| Daithí McKay | 2 July 2012 | 6 May 2016 | ||||
| Emma Little-Pengelly | 25 May 2016 | 26 January 2017 | ||||
| Office suspended | ||||||
| Steve Aiken | 14 January 2020 | Present | ||||