Home | Department of Finance Translation help Translate this page Select a language Arabic — عربي Chinese (Simplified) — 中文简体 Chinese (Traditional) — 中文繁體 Dutch — Nederlands Filipino — Filipino French — German — Hungarian — Magyar Irish — Gaeilge Italian — Italiano Latvian — Latviešu Lithuanian — Lietuvių kalba Polish — Polski Portuguese — Português Romanian — Română Russian — Русский Slovak — Slovenčina Spanish — Ukrainian — Українська Welcome to Department of Finance Featured Ratepayers to start receiving bills for 2026/27 from next week 30 March 2026 Rate bills for 2026/27 will begin to issue from 1 April 2026 and will continue to be delivered throughout the month. Raising marriage age better protects our children and young people – O’Dowd 19 March 2026 Finance Minister John O’Dowd has introduced new legislation to raise the minimum age of marriage and civil partnership. Energy support falls far short of what is needed – O’Dowd 16 March 2026 Finance Minister John O’Dowd has said the Prime Minister’s announcement of plans to support households who have faced a... Quick links Revenue Raising NI Consultations Rates calculator Civil Service Pensions Civil Service Pay Accountability and financial management Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency Land & Property Services (LPS) Do ghnó a dhéanamh leis an Roinn Airgeadais (RA) trí Ghaeilge/Doing business in Irish Our responsibilities Finance Information on Northern Ireland’s (NI) public finances, including the NI budget and guidance on accountability and financial management Working in the Northern Ireland Civil Service Working in the Northern Ireland Civil Service, including pay scales and Civil Service Pensions (NI) Procurement Information on public sector procurement, including advice, guidance and business opportunities. Commercial Delivery Group CDG provides the Department of Finance (DoF) P3O service and acts as the lead P3O supporting a network of P3Os across the NICS. The group undertakes data collection on all Major Programmes and Projects across the Northern Ireland public sector and provides reports to the DoF Departmental Board and the NICS Board. Property rating Information on domestic and non-domestic rating, including how your rates are calculated and how to pay your rate bill Property valuation Information on domestic and non domestic valuation; specialist schemes that apply to some non domestic properties and how to appeal your valuation if you think it is incorrect. Land registration Find information on recording legal interests in land and maintaining a register of land ownership. Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland (OSNI) is the official producer of high quality, accurate and current geographic mapping data for Northern Ireland. 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We work with these bodies Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency Special EU Programmes Body Our documents Our publications DOF 2026-0167 Published 23 April 2026 2025-26 FReM and accounts proformas Published 22 April 2026 FOI DOF/2026-0136 How many civil servants live in what location by postcode Published 21 April 2026 See all our publications Our consultations Department of Finance Land Registration Fees Orders Consultation Closes 21 May 2026 Draft Budget 2026-2029/30 Consultation closed Small Business Rate Relief (SBRR) Options Consultation closed See all our consultations Access to information How to request information from the Department of Finance including Freedom of Information (FOI) and the use of our Publication Scheme. The Minister John O'Dowd MLA John O’Dowd has been appointed Minister of Finance. 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