The Defamation Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 received Royal Assent on 6 June 2022. The principal changes arising from the Act are:
The removal of the presumption in favour of trial by jury in defamation cases.
The replacement of the three common law defences (justification, fair comment and the ‘Reynolds defence’) with equivalent statutory defences (truth, honest opinion and publication in the public interest).
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You have been invited to attend a ‘NI Market Outlook’ roundtable breakfast meeting, hosted by Neil Gibson, Permanent Secretary of the Department of Finance on Thursday 23rd November 2023 from 2:00-4:00pm.
Previous correspondence noted that a short online survey would be sent out to attendees in advance of the roundtable to seek your views on the direction of travel on some of the key outlook metrics for the economy. These views would be very valuable to DoF leadership and...More
The Social Care Council hosts online Lunchtime Seminars throughout the year to share good practice, and knowledge amongst our social work and social care registrants. These seminars support career development and innovation, enabling social care workers to provide the best care for service users. It is also an opportunity for other professions to hear about areas of good practice etc.
Those who recently participated in a Lunchtime Seminar are being invited to share...More
The Social Care Council hosts forum events twice a year which bring together registered Social Care Managers from across the sector to update them on the new resources available to support them in meeting their responsibilities for registered staff and to share updates on policy and best practice.
Those managers who recently participated in a Managers Forum are being invited to share their views to help planning for future events. P articipation in this survey is voluntary....More
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DAERA is asking for help from Northern Ireland businesses that sell batteries either on their own or in a product. We are asking businesses to complete a survey so that DAERA can work out any implications for these businesses from the new EU Batteries Regulation ( 2023/1542 ).
‘Batteries’ means all types of batteries, including those in electrical devices, cars and in large machinery.
The EU Batteries Regulation applies from...More
On 20 September the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Rt Hon Chris Heaton-Harris, wrote to Permanent Secretaries of Northern Ireland departments directing them to launch public consultations on measures to support budget sustainability by rais ing additional revenue.
The Department of Finance is now seeking views on the following revenue raising measures identified by the Secretary of State.
Domestic rating
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Do you or someone you have cared for have experience of being involved in a Serious Adverse Incident and/or do you have a general interest in patient safety issues and improvement of Health and Social Care services in Northern Ireland?
There is a clear and strong evidence base underpinning the need to redesign the current Serious Adverse Incident process. We are looking for two people with lived experience of our healthcare system to work with us to shape and develop a new...More
NICSHR are in the process of reviewing and improving how we deliver our service to Departments. As part of our improvement journey and to work in partnership with you to develop our improvement plan, we would value your feedback of your experiences to date.
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You recently met with a psychologist who works in the Paediatric & Neonatal Clinical Psychology Service. We would really like to hear what you thought about meeting with your psychologist. Please let us know whether or not it helped your family.
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You recently met with a Psychologist working within the Northern Trust Paediatric and Neonatal Clinical Psychology Service. This may have been in person; or, if in recent months, virtually by telephone or zoom video link. In order to maintain and improve the quality of our services, we are really interested in hearing about your experience of the service. Information is collected anonymously and you are not asked for information which could identify you personally.
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You recently met with a Psychologist working within the Northern Trust Paediatric and Neonatal Clinical Psychology Service. This may have been in person; or, if in recent months, virtually by telephone or zoom video link. In order to maintain and improve the quality of our services, we are really interested in hearing about your experience of the service. Information is collected anonymously and you are not asked for information which could identify you personally.
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DoJ has now completed the Mentoring Programme for SO and analogous grades.
Evaluation is an important aspect of the process to determine the next steps in our mentoring programme. You are therefore asked to complete this evaluation to allow us to take on board your feedback /comments.
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Following your attendance at our online webinar or workshop we would appreciate if you would complete the following short survey.
It should take approximately 5 minutes to complete.
Please be assured that all responses will be kept confidential as outlined in the Southern Health and Social Care Trust Data Protection regulations and Data Protection Act 2018 Policy, which is available on request.
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NICS IT Profession Mentoring Circles - ICT Level 6 - Nov 2023
Mentees Self-Assessment
As part of the evaluation process could you please take a few minutes to complete this self-assessment questionnaire.
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A new programme of Farm Support and Development, designed in consultation with the Northern Ireland agricultural industry and other key stakeholders is being developed and will be introduced on a phased basis over the coming years.
The Capital Investment Measure will help farmers and growers improve business efficiency and environmental performance. In particular, support will be focused on assisting the industry to meet Net Zero targets to incentivise investment in carbon...More
The Human Resource Consultancy Services (HRCS) branch, in the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), produces a range of HR related statistics on staff within the Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS). These statistics include an annual publication on Pay in the NICS (see link below).
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The Utility Regulator is consulting on its draft Corporate Strategy, Protecting Consumers on the way to Net Zero.
The draft strategy sets out the Utility Regulator’s proposed strategic direction for the next five years. It identifies four key strategic objectives:
Supporting the Just Transition to net zero.
Securing our water and energy supply
Enabling best in class energy and water companies
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The PSD Staff Engagement Group would like to gauge what staff within the Division would be interested in doing to celebrate Christmas 2023. Please answer the next two questions to let us know.
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We would really appreciate your feedback on the recent 'Biopsychosocial assessment, risk formulation and management' training that you recently attended (3rd October). This is to help us decide if this training was beneficial to you in your job role and to help in future training planning.
This survey will only take a couple of minutes to complete.
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RE: A Project being conducted by FSA NI and CAFRE to analyse the nutrient content and portion size of ice- cream and gelato sold in parlours across Northern Ireland.
It would be appreciated if you could spare ~ 5 mins to complete the questionnaire as this data collection will be important to analyse information on ice-cream and gelato on sale in parlours across Northern Ireland and determine typical portion sizes. Thus, informing the technical reformulation guidance which will provide the...More
NICSHR are in the process of reviewing and improving how we deliver our service to Departments. As part of our improvement journey and to work in partnership with you to develop our improvement plan, we would value your feedback of your experiences to date.
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The Social Care Council is inviting new social care workers who recently joined the Social Care Council Register and have reached six months service to take part in this survey.
We would like to learn about new social care worker's experiences of working in social care and what attracted them to this type of work. Responses will provide an insight for us as we work with employers to recruit and retain people with the skills and values needed to provide good...More
Following your attendance at our online webinar or workshop we would appreciate if you would complete the following short survey.
It should take approximately 5 minutes to complete.
Please be assured that all responses will be kept confidential as outlined in the Southern Health and Social Care Trust Data Protection regulations and Data Protection Act 2018 Policy, which is available on request.
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Hello and thank you for taking the time to give feedback on our drop-in session.
All our products are designed with you in mind, so please answer the following seven questions openly, and honestly.
All answers and comments are completely anonymous and there is no way for us to identify your responses.
Much appreciated.
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Following your attendance at our online webinar or workshop we would appreciate if you would complete the following short survey.
It should take approximately 5 minutes to complete.
Please be assured that all responses will be kept confidential as outlined in the Southern Health and Social Care Trust Data Protection regulations and Data Protection Act 2018 Policy, which is available on request.
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The DfE Mentoring Circles Pilot for DP Accountants is now complete. As part of the evaluation process we would like to find out how you the mentees have found the process. Therefore we would ask that you complete this on-line evaluation.
The questions in this evaluation mirror those of the self-assessment that you completed at the beginning of this pilot. I would ask that you take a few minutes to complete this evaluation as your feedback is very important in moving...More
DfE Mentoring Circles - Mentor Evaluation
As part of the evaluation process could you please take a few minutes to complete this post-circles questionnaire.
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