Responsibilities
The department is responsible for the following policy areas:
- finance
- the Northern Ireland Civil Service
- land and property
- building regulation
- procurement
- civil law reform
- civil registration
Some financial matters are reserved to Westminster and are therefore not devolved:
- financial services
- financial markets
In addition, some matters are excepted and were not intended for devolution:
- taxation
- currency
DFP’s main counterparts in the United Kingdom Government are:
- HM Treasury;
- the Cabinet Office (on civil service matters);
- the Ministry of Justice (on civil law reform);
- the Department for Communities and Local Government (on building regulation);
- HM Land Registry (on land registration).
In the Irish Government, the main counterparts are:
- the Department of Finance;
- the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform;
- the Department of Justice and Equality (on civil law reform and land registration);
- the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (on building regulation).
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