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

  • Halloween Revision Scheme Expressions of Interest

    A Holiday Revision Scheme forms part of the first tranche of RAISE Cross-Cutting Initiatives which aim to address common issues and complement locality led projects. Initial expressions of interest are sought from schools that wish to consider running a Halloween Holiday Revision Scheme for Year 12 pupils taking modular examinations in November/December 2025 in English, maths and science. The survey should only be completed by schools that have pupils taking such...

    Closes 26 June 2025

  • Changing the Supernumerary Status

    Thank you for taking the time to participate in our Accounting for Children with a Statement of Special Educational Needs: Changing The 'Supernumerary' Status survey. Your feedback is incredibly valuable in helping us understand the needs and preferences of those directly involved with schools. This proposed policy will allow the Department to remove supernumerary status after the first year of admission where there has been a change of placement i.e. pre-school to primary, primary...

    Closes 26 June 2025

  • PBNI Consultee List 2025

    PBNI would like to update their consultee list for their equality scheme. We invite you to complete the following short survey. We appreciate your feedback.

    Closes 27 June 2025

  • CED Staff Survey May 2025

    As we embark on this exciting yet challenging period of business change together, we understand that everyone has a different view on the content and frequency of our internal communications that you receive during your working week. Going forward we want to provide you all with the information you need to navigate that journey, therefore this light touch survey has been created to make sure that CED related communications can achieve that, in a timely manner....

    Closes 27 June 2025

  • Science of Learning Expression of Interest - Primary Schools

    SCIENCE OF LEARNING ONLINE TEACHER PROFESSIONAL LEARNING PROGRAMME A key action within the TransformED Delivery Plan in 2025/26 ( TransformED NI Delivery Plan ) is the roll out of an online professional learning programme for primary teachers on the Science of Learning. This expression of interest form is primarily to gauge the likely uptake of the programme and to inform planning. More details including selection and formal registration will follow in the new...

    Closes 27 June 2025

Forthcoming Consultations

  • Employment and Support Allowance Claim Form July 25

    How to claim You can submit a claim to New Style Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) online by following the link below. Entitlement to New Style ESA is dependent on your National Insurance record. For more information on the entitlement conditions, please visit NI Direct . ...

    Opens 1 July 2025

Closed Consultations

  • Changing School Numbers Online Survey

    Thank you for taking the time to participate in our Changing School Numbers survey. Your feedback is incredibly valuable in helping us understand the needs and preferences of those directly involved with schools. The proposed Changing School Numbers Policy will allow the Department to change a school’s approved numbers where there is sufficient evidence to do so, and the Department does not deem the change significant. This will enable us to respond more quickly to a school's changing...

    Closed 23 June 2025

  • Overtime Interest

    An opportunity for non Service Centre staff to express interest in working overtime where they have relevant skills and experience.

    Closed 20 June 2025

  • Remote Evidence Centre: Survey of Stakeholders

    This survey of stakeholder views of the Remote Evidence Centres (RECs) is being undertaken by the Analytical Services Group (ASG) within the Department of Justice on behalf of the Gillen Review Implementation Team. The feedback received from yourselves as stakeholder organisations will be used to inform an evaluation of the RECs alongside the feedback routinely collected from witnesses using the REC and the statistical data collated regarding usage of the REC. ...

    Closed 20 June 2025