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Department for Employment and Learning
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<p>The Department for Employment and Learning (DEL), (<a href="/facts/Irish_language/Kw97s2l4">Irish</a>: <i>An Roinn Fostaíochta agus Foghlama</i>; <a href="/facts/Ulster_Scots_dialects/IacTD5r7">Ulster Scots</a>: <i>Depairtment for Employ an Learnin</i>), was a <a href="/facts/Devolved/SB1q2IVU">devolved</a> <a href="/facts/Northern_Ireland/Jmr0NRyl">Northern Ireland</a> government department in the <a href="/facts/Northern_Ireland_Executive/aJV6zI5M">Northern Ireland Executive</a>. The minister with overall responsibility for the department was the Minister for Employment and Learning. The department was initially known as the Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment (DHFETE), between 1999 and 2001. </p><p>Following the <a href="/facts/Fresh_Start_Agreement/vrMMl2v1">Fresh Start Agreement</a> of November 2015, DEL was dissolved and its functions transferred to the <a href="/facts/Department_for_the_Economy/x3fTCNnJ">Department for the Economy</a> and <a href="/facts/Department_for_Communities/4YjQJUfU">Department for Communities</a>, in order to reduce the size of the Northern Ireland Executive. </p>