Committee for Finance
# Committee for Finance

The Committee for Finance is a Northern Ireland Assembly committee established to advise, assist and scrutinise the work of the Department of Finance and Minister for Finance. The committee also plays a key role in the consultation, consideration and development of new legislation.

Until 2016, the committee was called the Committee for Finance and Personnel.

## Membership (9)

| Party | Member |
| - | - |
| DUP | Paul Frew (Deputy Chairperson) |
| DUP | Jim Wells |
| Sinn Féin | Maolíosa McHugh |
| Sinn Féin | Jemma Dolan |
| Sinn Féin | Philip McGuigan |
| SDLP | Pat Catney |
| SDLP | Matthew O'Toole |
| TUV | Jim Allister |
| Ulster Unionist | Steve Aiken (Chairperson) |

## Chairpersons

| | Minister | Party | Took office | Left office |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Francie Molloy | Sinn Féin | 30 November 1999 | 28 April 2003 |
| Office suspended ||||||
| | Mitchel McLaughlin | Sinn Féin | 9 May 2007 | 8 September 2009 |
| | Jennifer McCann | Sinn Féin | 9 September 2009 | 19 January 2011 |
| | Daithí McKay | Sinn Féin | 20 January 2011 | 25 March 2011 |
| | Conor Murphy | Sinn Féin | 16 May 2011 | 1 July 2012 |
| | Daithí McKay | Sinn Féin | 2 July 2012 | 6 May 2016 |
| | Emma Little-Pengelly | DUP | 25 May 2016 | 26 January 2017 |
| Office suspended ||||||
| | Steve Aiken | Ulster Unionist | 14 January 2020 | Present |
