Results

We are committed to ensuring all responses are carefully and open-mindedly analysed and the results made widely available, with an account of the views expressed and the reasons for decisions finally taken. Here you will find our most recently published consultation and survey results. 

Publishing results and responses also align with our Open Data Strategy for Northern Ireland 2020-2023. You can read our strategy and access more open data on OpenDataNI.

Open Data Strategy for NI 2020-2023

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Consultations with Published Results

  • DVA Board Effectiveness Review

    Innovation and Consultancy Services (ICS) has been commissioned by the DVA Senior Management Board (SMB) to undertake an effectiveness review of the Departmental Board. This survey is intended to gather feedback from Board Members and stakeholders involved with the Board. It is being administered independently by ICS. All responses will be anonymised. While some identifiable information (such as position) may be collected, this will be accessed only by the ICS review team and used...

    Closes 31 March 2026

  • Consultation on the setting of Northern Ireland’s Fourth Carbon Budget (2038-2042)

    Climate change is one of the defining generational issues of our time. The Earth’s climate is changing rapidly as human-induced warming is increasing at an unprecedented rate. Global temperatures have continued to increase with 2024 the warmest year on record. In recent years, we have seen the increasing impacts of climate change on a global scale, but we have also experienced first-hand the impacts of climate change locally here in Northern Ireland. In...

    Closed 17 November 2025

  • Department of Health Framework for Learning and Improvement from Patient Safety Incidents Consultation Questionnaire

    Recommendations arising from a number of Inquiries and Reviews have contributed to a clear and strong evidence base underpinning the need to redesign the current approach to learning following Serious Adverse Incidents (SAIs). These include the Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority (RQIA) review of Systems and Processes for Learning from Serious Adverse Incidents (SAIs), and relevant recommendations from the Inquiry into Hyponatraemia-related Deaths report (IHRD) and...

    Closed 20 June 2025

We Asked, You Said, We Did

We asked

For your comments on the Department's draft Regulatory Impact Assessment of its options for a modernised regime to tackle dilapidation.

You said

You agreed with the Department's preferred option - a new broader regime with enhanced cost recovery provisions, introduced by way of a “Dilapidated / Dangerous Buildings and Neglected Sites” Act. You also highlighted the issue of dilapidated historic buildings and the potential to bring them back in to use. You encouraged the new regime to recognise the distinct challenges posed by heritage buildings.

We did

The issue of heritage buildings will be sensitively addressed in any forthcoming legislation in respect of dilapidated buildings - with appropriate safeguards included.

A final draft Regulatory Impact Assessment will be published on the Department's website in due course.

Closed Consultations and Surveys

  • RBDGS Evaluation

    Dear Grant Recipient; A condition of the Terms and Conditions of your Letter of Offer issued in January 2025 required you to complete feedback on your project 12 months post project completion. Please complete this short survey by Friday 27 February. Your response is important to help...

    Closed 27 February 2026

  • EIP Annual Progress Report Feedback Survey

    Thank you for taking the time to participate in the DAERA Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP) Annual Progress Report (APR) Lessons Learned Survey. Your feedback is essential in helping us understand your experience of the APR process and to help us identify opportunities to enhance and improve how...

    Closed 27 February 2026

  • Review of supervision policies and practices for the social care workforce - Social care practitioner survey – Feb 2026

    Review of supervision policies and practices for the social care workforce - Social care practitioner survey – Feb 2026 This survey is for social care practitioners in all sectors and settings across Northern Ireland. This is part of a review of employer supervision policies and...

    Closed 27 February 2026