Permanent Secretaries following the Departmental Restructure
As contained within the Stormont House Agreement, the Northern Ireland Civil Service is reducing from twelve to nine departments following the May 2016 Assembly election.
The following Permanent Secretaries have been appointed for the new departments:
The Executive Office: Malcolm McKibbin
Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs: Noel Lavery
Communities: Leo O’Reilly
Economy: Andrew McCormick
Education: Paul Sweeney
Finance: David Sterling
Health: Richard Pengelly
Infrastructure: Peter May
Justice: Nick Perry
For more information on the departmental restructure, please see the DEL Departmental Monitoring Group article (June 2015) and the Programme for Government conference article (September 2015).
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