Part of Private Members' Business – in the Northern Ireland Assembly at 2:45 pm on 10 September 2024.
Gerry Carroll
People Before Profit Alliance
2:45,
10 September 2024
I appreciate the Member giving way. I agree with her on the need to keep good pressure on the Treasury. Will she urge the Finance Minister to put pressure on the Irish Government, who have just come into £13 billion as a result of Apple's non-payment of tax? Does she think that that would go some way towards covering some of the gaps that we have in our public services?
Ministers make up the Government and almost all are members of the House of Lords or the House of Commons. There are three main types of Minister. Departmental Ministers are in charge of Government Departments. The Government is divided into different Departments which have responsibilities for different areas. For example the Treasury is in charge of Government spending. Departmental Ministers in the Cabinet are generally called 'Secretary of State' but some have special titles such as Chancellor of the Exchequer. Ministers of State and Junior Ministers assist the ministers in charge of the department. They normally have responsibility for a particular area within the department and are sometimes given a title that reflects this - for example Minister of Transport.
