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Featured: Using a Mobile Phone While Driving - Consultation on Changing the Law
This consultation seeks views on widening the scope of the existing mobile phone offence to include any use of a hand-held mobile phone or other hand-held interactive communication device while driving. It proposes to update existing legislation to ensure it reflects the many advances in technology...
Closes 14 August 2025
Open Consultations
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Quarterly Sickness Absence in the Northern Ireland Civil Service October 2024 - December 2024
Workforce Statistics and Analysis (WSA) branch consists of NISRA statisticians embedded within People and Operational Development (P&OD). We produce a range of HR - related statistics on staff in the Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS). These statistics include quarterly publications on Sickness Absence (see link below for the most recent quarterly publication).
Closes 25 May 2025
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Succession Planning for your Farm Business [For Head of Holding]
Please click on the link below to enter survey
Closes 30 May 2025
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Farm Innovation Visits Application Form- Woodland Creation- ROI
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) is offering farmers the opportunity to take part in a Farm Innovation Visit. The visit will focus on innovative approaches and technologies to maximise the potential profit and environmental benefits from Farm Woodland. This study tour is part of the Farm Innovation Visits Scheme which is being delivered by the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE). Farm Woodlands play an...
Closes 30 May 2025
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Succession Planning for your Farm Business [For Successor(s)/ Potential Successor(s)]
Please click on the link below to enter survey
Closes 30 May 2025
Forthcoming Consultations
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NICS Library Service Customer Satisfaction survey 2024/25
This short survey is designed to find out how our customers rate the service they received from the NICS Library Service in the past year. We would appreciate you taking a couple of minutes to answer the 3 questions. Please click on this link to find out more about the NICS Library Service.
Opens 2 June 2025
Closed Consultations
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Consultation on the Strategic Environmental Assessment – Environmental Report for the combined Proposed Ammonia Strategy and Revised Operational...
The Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has published a Consultation on the Environmental Report for the Proposed Ammonia Strategy and the Revised Operational Protocol to assess the impacts of air pollution on the natural environment, as part of the process of Strategic Environmental Assessment. Strategic Environmental Assessment is a systematic process for evaluating the environmental consequences of proposed plans or programmes to ensure...
Closed 23 May 2025
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Judicial Review - Practice and Procedure
Departmental Solicitor's Office will be hosting a discussion on Wednesday 21st May. This will be delivered by Laura Curran BL. Laura has received instructions in a number of complex and high profile judicial review cases, as well as regularly advising on the merits of potential judicial review proceedings. These range from challenges to decisions of the PPS to prosecute to the governance of Northern Ireland in the absence of Ministers. She has also provided advices to insurance...
Closed 20 May 2025
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NICS Women's Network Getting to know you Jubilee House April/May sessions
Those of us of that can work from home enjoy the benefits of what this has brought to us, but sometimes we miss out on those connections that can only be built in person. Our monthly networking get togethers provide an invaluable, informal and relaxed opportunity for you to meet fellow colleagues across DAERA and DfC, enabling you to introduce yourself to others, and to build those important professional connections that help us get our work done. So, whether you are new...
Closed 20 May 2025