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

  • Consultation on Notice to Quit Periods

    The Department for Communities is committed to introducing longer notice to quit periods for private tenants. Before these longer notice periods can come into operation, regulations must be in place to set out circumstances where longer notice periods would not apply. The Regulations also provide for Shorter notice periods for each circumstance; The definition of each circumstance; The requirement for evidence; and The new...

    Closes 29 March 2026

  • Homelessness User Engagement Survey

    The biannual Northern Ireland Homelessness Bulletin has been developed by the Analytics Division (AD) working within the Department for Communities (DfC), Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) and the Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE). This is an Official Statistics publication and as such must adhere to the Code of Practice for Official Statistics as enforced by the UK Statistics Authority (UKSA). The principles and protocols of the Code are intended to ensure...

    Closes 31 March 2026

  • Gasyard Heritage and Exhibition Centre Aesthetics Survey

    Urban Villages would like to capture the physical change that has taken place with our Gasyard Gertiage and Exhibiton Centre project. The measure for aesthetic improvement is a pre and post test scale question, which seeks to compare the average response before and after the build / refurbishment. The average response before and after can then be compared to assess local peoples’ views on the change that has occurred. The survey is very quick...

    Closes 31 March 2026

  • Stress and Anxiety Webinar – Feedback

    Thank you for attending the Stress and Anxiety Webinar, organised by the Work Psychology Service (WPS) in partnership with The Charity For Civil Servants. To help inform the planning, development and content of future events we would be grateful if you could complete a short survey on your day. The survey should take no longer than 3 minutes to complete. It is voluntary and no personal data will be collected. All responses will be anonymous.

    Closes 31 March 2026

  • Employment and Support Allowance Claim Form March 2026

    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 . You can ask a friend or relative or an organisation that you know and trust to help you. Alternatively you can contact ESA for help on 0800 085 6318. If you use Relay UK dial...

    Closes 31 March 2026

Forthcoming Consultations

  • Causeway Coast and Glens Job Fair 2026 - Registration of Interest

    Causeway Coast and Glens Regional Job Fair, Thursday 14th May 2026 3.30pm to 6.30pm, Coleraine Leisure Centre, Coleraine. Department for Communities along with Causeway Coast and Glens Labour Market Partnership are inviting employers recruiting in the Causeway Coast and Glens Council district...

    Opens 30 March 2026

  • Employment and Support Allowance Claim Form April 26

    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 April 2026

Closed Consultations

  • HSENI Workplace Well-being Survey 2026

    HSENI, with the support of NIPSA, have engaged HSENI’s Mental Wellbeing at Work Advisory Service (MWAWAS, acting as an independent consultant) to launch a Mental Wellbeing at Work survey for our organisation. This will see a short 35 question survey released by MWAWAS on Monday 16 th March 2026, with the aim of developing a bespoke HSENI risk assessment, action plan and policy in response to our returns. This initiative aims to build on the previous survey issued carried out in 2019....

    Closed 27 March 2026

  • Consultation on the Draft Northern Ireland Executive Early Learning and Childcare Strategy

    On 27 February 2025 the Northern Ireland Executive agreed the Programme for Government (PfG) 2024-2027 ‘Our Plan: Doing What Matters Most’. The PfG includes a commitment to “provide more affordable, accessible, high-quality early learning and childcare opportunities to support children’s development and ease financial pressures for working families. This must complement existing support available through Universal Credit and Tax-Free Childcare. We also...

    Closed 24 March 2026

  • Managing Change & Wellbeing’ Workshop

    Thank you for attending the ‘Managing Change and Wellbeing’ workshop. If you can kindly take the time to anonymously complete the following survey. Your feedback is greatly appreciated and will help inform future workshops.

    Closed 22 March 2026