 The Department of Economic Development also incorporated elements of training and employment policy, now held by the Department for Employment and Learning.Following a referendum on the Belfast Agreement on 23 May 1998 and the granting of royal assent to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 on 19 November 1998, a Northern Ireland Assembly and Northern Ireland Executive were established by the United Kingdom Government under Prime Minister Tony Blair.The Department of Economic Development was renamed as the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment and granted a reduced remit.