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The 'Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure' ('DCAL') is a Government Department in the Northern Ireland Executive. The Department is responsible for policy development in the field of culture, arts and leisure in Northern Ireland. The department covers a wide area of policy including;


★ Arts and creativity,

★ Museums,

★ Libraries,

★ Sport and leisure,

★ Visitor amenities,

★ Inland waterways and fisheries,

★ Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland,

★ Public Record Office of Northern Ireland,

★ Language diversity

★ and the Northern Ireland Events Company.

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Department Ministers

See also

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Department Ministers

	Minister	Party	Took office	Left office
	'Michael McGimpsey '		29 November 1999	14 October 2002
	(Executive suspended)		15 October 2002	7 May 2007
	'Edwin Poots'		8 May 2007

See also

★ List of Government departments and agencies in Northern Ireland

External link

★ Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure