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TheCommittee for Finance is aNorthern Ireland Assembly committee established to advise, assist and scrutinise the work of theDepartment of Finance and the Minister of Finance (currentlyCaoimhe 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.
Membership of the committee is as follows:
| 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 | |
| People Before Profit | Gerry Carroll MLA | Belfast West | |
| Sinn Féin | Jemma Dolan MLA | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | |
| Sinn Féin | Deirdre Hargey MLA | Belfast South | |
| DUP | Harry Harvey MLA | Strangford | |
| DUP | Brian Kingston MLA | Belfast North | |
| Alliance | Eóin Tennyson MLA | Upper Bann | |
| Party | Member[3] | 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 | |
| Date | Outgoing member and party | Constituency | → | New member and party | Constituency | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 February 2025 | Nicola Brogan MLA (Sinn Féin) | West Tyrone | → | Jemma Dolan MLA (Sinn Féin) | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | ||
| 23 September 2025 | Phillip Brett MLA (DUP) | Belfast North | → | Harry Harvey MLA (DUP) | Strangford | ||
| Paul Frew MLA (DUP) | North Antrim | Brian Kingston MLA (DUP) | Belfast North | ||||
| Party | Member[4] | Constituency | |
|---|---|---|---|
| UUP | Steve Aiken MLA (Chairperson) | South Antrim | |
| DUP | Paul Frew MLA (Deputy Chairperson) | North Antrim | |
| TUV | Jim Allister MLA | North Antrim | |
| SDLP | Pat Catney MLA | Lagan Valley | |
| DUP | Phillip Brett MLA | Belfast North | |
| Sinn Féin | Jemma Dolan MLA | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | |
| Sinn Féin | Maolíosa McHugh MLA | West Tyrone | |
| SDLP | Matthew O'Toole MLA | Belfast South | |
| DUP | Jim Wells MLA | South Down | |
| Date | Outgoing member and party | Constituency | → | New member and party | Constituency | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 June 2021 | Paul Frew MLA (Deputy Chairperson,DUP) | North Antrim | → | Keith Buchanan MLA (Deputy Chairperson,DUP) | Mid Ulster | ||
| Party | Member[5] | Constituency | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUP | Emma Little-Pengelly MLA (Chairperson) | Belfast South | |
| SDLP | Claire Hanna MLA (Deputy Chairperson) | Belfast South | |
| TUV | Jim Allister MLA | North Antrim | |
| DUP | Jonathan Bell MLA | Strangford | |
| DUP | Paul Girvan MLA | South Antrim | |
| UUP | Ross Hussey MLA | West Tyrone | |
| SDLP | Gerry Mullan MLA | East Londonderry | |
| Sinn Féin | John O'Dowd MLA | Upper Bann | |
| Sinn Féin | Caitríona Ruane MLA | South Down | |
| UUP | Philip Smith MLA | Strangford | |
| DUP | Jim Wells MLA | South Down | |
None
| Party | Member[6] | Constituency | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sinn Féin | Conor Murphy MLA (Chairperson) | Newry and Armagh | |
| SDLP | Dominic Bradley MLA (Deputy Chairperson) | Newry and Armagh | |
| Alliance | Judith Cochrane MLA | Belfast East | |
| UUP | Leslie Cree MLA | North Down | |
| DUP | Paul Girvan MLA | South Antrim | |
| DUP | David Hilditch MLA | East Antrim | |
| DUP | William Humphrey MLA | East Antrim | |
| Sinn Féin | Paul Maskey MLA | Belfast West | |
| DUP | Adrian McQuillan MLA | East Londonderry | |
| Sinn Féin | Mitchel McLaughlin MLA | South Antrim | |
| Sinn Féin | Caitríona Ruane MLA | South Down | |
| Party | Member[7] | Constituency | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sinn Féin | Mitchel McLaughlin MLA (Chairperson) | South Antrim | |
| DUP | Mervyn Storey MLA (Deputy Chairperson) | North Antrim | |
| UUP | Roy Beggs Jr MLA | East Antrim | |
| Alliance | Stephen Farry MLA | North Down | |
| DUP | Simon Hamilton MLA | Strangford | |
| Sinn Féin | Fra McCann MLA | Belfast West | |
| Sinn Féin | Jennifer McCann MLA | Belfast West | |
| DUP | Adrian McQuillan MLA | East Londonderry | |
| SDLP | Declan O'Loan MLA | North Antrim | |
| PUP | Dawn Purvis MLA | Belfast East | |
| DUP | Peter Weir MLA | North Down | |
| Date | Outgoing member and party | Constituency | → | New member and party | Constituency | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 January 2000 | Dermot Nesbitt MLA (UUP) | South Down | → | Vacant | |||
| 27 January 2000 | John Dallat MLA (SDLP) | East Londonderry | → | Vacant | |||
| 2 October 2000 | Oliver Gibson MLA (DUP) | West Tyrone | → | Nigel Dodds MLA (DUP) | Belfast North | ||
| Gardiner Kane MLA (DUP) | North Antrim | Peter Robinson MLA (DUP) | Belfast East | ||||
| 15 January 2001 | Donovan McClelland MLA (SDLP) | South Antrim | → | Patricia Lewsley MLA (SDLP) | Lagan Valley | ||
| 12 November 2001 | Nigel Dodds MLA (DUP) | Belfast North | → | Roger Hutchinson MLA (DUP) | East Antrim | ||
| Peter Robinson MLA (DUP) | Belfast East | Maurice Morrow MLA (DUP) | Fermanagh and South Tyrone | ||||
| 4 March 2002 | James Leslie MLA (UUP) | North Antrim | → | Roy Beggs Jr MLA (Deputy Chairperson,UUP) | East Antrim | ||