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Learn about the role of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

You can vote in Northern Ireland Assembly elections when you’re 18.

What’s your school or college course like? Have you ever been to your local hospital? Is it easy to get where you want to go by bus or train?

The Northern Ireland Assembly makes decisions about all these issues. The Northern Ireland Assembly passes laws and makes decisions about a range of issues that affect the people of Northern Ireland.

Responsibilities held by the Northern Ireland Assembly are called devolved or transferred matters.

They include:

  • health and social services
  • the environment
  • education and training
  • historic buildings and culture
  • transport and roads

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