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 the Departments of Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA); Infrastructure (DfI); Finance (DoF), Health (DoH); Health and Social Care (HSC); and the Utility Regulator Northern Ireland (UREGNI) are found below.

Open Consultations

  • Options to restrict or stop the routine prescribing of selected medicines in primary care

    Medicines have a vital role in helping to prevent, treat, and cure disease. They are Northern Ireland’s most common medical intervention and are relied upon to support health and wellbeing throughout life. However, medicines costs in Northern Ireland (NI) are increasing annually and have now reached over £870 million per year , an increase of 43% over the last decade. Despite on-going efforts to improve the efficient use of medicines in NI, prescribing rates and costs per person...

    Closes 2 October 2026

  • A Consultation on potential wildlife intervention options as part of the Bovine Tuberculosis in NI Blueprint for Eradication

    DAERA is seeking views on potential wildlife intervention options as part of the Bovine Tuberculosis in Northern Ireland: Blueprint for Eradication . The consultation focuses on how Northern Ireland should address the role of badgers in the maintenance and spread of bovine tuberculosis (bTB), alongside wider disease control measures. It also seeks views on the Blueprint itself, delivery and funding models for wildlife intervention, and whether trained lay vaccinators should be...

    Closes 9 October 2026

  • Review of the Classes and Thresholds in the Schedule to the Planning (Development Management) Regulations (NI) 2015

    This public consultation is seeking your views on proposed changes to the Classes and Thresholds in the Schedule to the Planning (Development Management) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015. The Department for Infrastructure is inviting views from all interested parties on potential changes to the Classes and Thresholds in the Schedule to the Planning (Development Management) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015. The 2022 Review Report on the...

    Closes 9 October 2026

  • Social Care Council - Asset Register Report - October 2026

    This online questionnaire is for updates to the Social Care Council asset register. You will be asked to confirm your name, email address, username for the system and the asset tag number of any laptop, monitor, tablet or equipment of value which has been assigned to you. This should take less than 5 minutes for you to complete. Please complete this update by 5pm on Friday 9 October 2026. If you have any queries about the management of this update,...

    Closes 9 October 2026

  • Scoping exercise in Social work and social care research related activity 2026

    Introduction The Social Care Council’s Strategic Research and Evidence Partnership leads on research and evidence in professional social work and social care services to support better outcomes for practitioners, service users and carers in Northern Ireland. Members of the partnership include a wide range of stakeholders; government departments and other relevant research constituencies, senior representatives from higher education institutions, health and social...

    Closes 9 October 2026

Closed Consultations

  • PROMOTING HYDRATION SURVEY YEAR 4

    We would appreciate your support in completing this evaluation following your involvement in the Promoting Hydration Programme. Many thanks

    Closed 30 September 2026

  • Active School Travel - End of Year Questionnaire 2025/26

    You are being asked to complete this survey as a school that participated in the Active School Travel Programme in the last academic year i.e. 2025/26. We would be grateful if this could be shared with the ‘School Champion’ or person most closely involved with the Programme.

    Closed 30 September 2026

  • Innovation Driver & Support Pilot Scheme-Expression of Interest

    The Horticulture Pilot Scheme (HPS) is a targeted support initiative developed under the Sustainable Agriculture Programme (SAP) for the commercial horticulture sector and is intended to provide DAERA with evidence of the potential impact that a full-scale programme could have on industry output in Northern Ireland (NI). The Innovation Driver & Support Horticulture Pilot Scheme (ID&S) forms one of three components of the HPS. The ID&S is a competitive scheme for projects that...

    Closed 30 September 2026