Have Your Say

Welcome to the NI Government online consultation tool. This site will help you find and participate in consultations and surveys to have your say in government initiatives.

Activities from Department of Communities (DfC), The Executive Office (TEO), Department for the Economy (DfE), Department of Education (DE), Department of Justice (DoJ), Housing Executive (NIHE), and the Health and Safety Executive (HSENI) can be found below. 

Open Consultations

  • ESA Redeployment - Volunteers to Remain

    An opportunity for staff working in ESA to advise if they wish to be considered to remain in New Style ESA.

    Closes today

  • Decent Homes Standard (DHS) - Tenant Feedback Questionnaire

    Background The Department for Communities (DFC) implemented the Decent Homes Standard (DHS) in June 2004. This is the minimum standard that all social housing should meet and which is regulated through the Department’s Regulatory Framework for social housing. The Standards have remained unchanged since they were introduced in 2004. The current standards are now below the standards in place across UK jurisdictions and have not kept pace with Building...

    Closes today

  • PBNI Accommodation / Housing Survey 2025

    The draft Programme for Government has housing as one of its nine priority areas. We know how much this issue impacts on PBNI, with accommodation for service users a critical factor in reducing reoffending and overall desistance. Addressing these accommodation challenges requires a coordinated approach among probation professionals, the NI Housing Executive and housing associations, support services, and other stakeholders. There is a lack of data on the scale of the issue for...

    Closes 19 January 2025

  • ECG Wellbeing event input

    This survey seeks to obtain ECG staff views on what they would like included in a Wellbeing event

    Closes 20 January 2025

  • Young People 'We Want to Know' Questionnaire Jan 2024 - Dec 2024

    To establish the views and opinions of young people in custody between Jan 2024 and Dec 2024

    Closes 31 January 2025

Forthcoming Consultations

  • Ards and North Down Job Fair 2025 - Employer Registration of Interest

    Ards and North Down Job Fair, Thursday 20th March 11.00am to 2.00pm, Ards Blair Mayne Wellbeing and Leisure Complex, Newtownards. Department for Communities and Ards and North Down LMP are inviting employers who will be recruiting within the council area to register their interest in...

    Opens 3 February 2025

Closed Consultations

  • Consultation on the Design Plan for the Roll-out of Smart Electricity Meters in Northern Ireland

    Smart meters were proposed as a tool in the Energy Strategy to provide customers with modern meters that give real time information and to help enable the development of an accessible and digitalised energy system where data provides value for consumers and a more efficient system operation. The Department has commissioned a detailed review of implementation programmes in other countries to understand the key risks and barriers to implementation and consolidate knowledge on best...

    Closed 16 January 2025

  • Work Experience Programme (WEP) Participants Survey- Pre-Placement

    The information we collect will be used for statistical monitoring and to assist us to improve programme delivery. Please note all responses are anonymous and confidential.

    Closed 16 January 2025

  • Consultation on support for low carbon heating in residential buildings

    The purpose of this consultation is to evaluate support options for low carbon heating technologies within the residential sector. The views provided will help the Department for the Economy (DfE), with further policy development in this area. We welcome feedback from a range of stakeholders; the public, heat pump installers, heat pump manufactures, third level education, private companies with a vested interest in the low carbon heat industry; and other public...

    Closed 10 January 2025