Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure

The Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure (DCAL) (Irish: An Roinn Cultúir, Ealaíon agus Fóillíochta, Ulster Scots: Männystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an AisedomFowkgates is a neologism, the traditional Scots word being cultur. The Scots for leisure is leisur(e) , aisedom (easedom) being semantically different. or Depairtment o Cultur, Airts an Leisur) is a devolved Northern Ireland government department in the Northern Ireland Executive. The minister with overall responsibility for the department is the Minister of Culture, Arts and Leisure.

Aim

DCAL’s overall aim is to “create a confident, creative, informed and vibrant community”. Its objective is to “protect, nurture and grow the cultural capital for today and tomorrow.”

The incumbent Minister is Carál Ní Chuilín (Sinn Féin).

Responsibilities

The department has the following main responsibilities:

• the arts
• cultural diversity
• inland waterways
• languages
• libraries
• lottery funding distribution
• museums
• the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI);
• sport

Some cultural matters are reserved to Westminster and are therefore not...
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