1918 publications
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Knowledge of Sign Language in Northern Ireland 2023/24
Statistics on knowledge of Sign Language: findings from the 2023/24 Continuous Household Survey.
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DfC Budget 2024-25 - Equality Impact Assessment (EQIA) Final Decisions Report
This document presents the findings from the consultation on the Department for Communities’ proposed Budget 2024-25 allocations. The public consultation period on the Department's Budget 2024-25 allocations closed on 3 September 2024.
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Market failure in heritage
A study on market failure in the heritage sector in Northern Ireland. This study includes four reports: a literature review, survey of listed building owners, survey of scheduled monument owners, and a market failure analysis...
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Appointment of the Chair to the Board of the Arts Council for Northern Ireland
The Department for Communities invites applications for the appointment of the Arts Council NI Chair, providing the individual with an excellent opportunity to make a significant contribution and positive difference to the leadership, direction and...
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Residential Building Safety co-design session notes and Q&A
Residential Building Safety Division (RBSD) notes and Q&A from stakeholder co-design sessions being held from January 25 to June 25.
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Vacancies: Statistical Bulletin 2024/25 Financial Year
This Statistical Bulletin, which is published once a year (along with three Statistical Factsheets), presents key information on employment vacancies which have been notified to the Department for Communities (DfC).
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NICIFC fact sheet 31 March 2025
The fact sheet provides a quarterly overview of the performance and composition of the Fund for the three months ending 31 March 2025.
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Transfer responsibility for setting the amount of the basic allowance to be paid to councillors from individual councils to DfC - screening
The purpose of this provision is to transfer responsibility for setting the amount of the basic allowance paid to councillors from councils and pass it instead to the Department for Communities (DfC).
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FOI Disclosure Log - DfC/2025-0017
Personal injury claims logged by solicitors in 2024.
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FOI Disclosure Log - DfC/2025-0024
Initiatives since 2020 designed to provide services/supports to address domestic/sexual violence/abuse and/or Ending Violence Against Women.
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FOI Disclosure Log - DfC/2025-0037
Ministerial travel outside the UK and Ireland since the Executive was restored in February 2024.
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FOI Disclosure Log - DfC/2025-0020
Costs related to the redevelopment of Casement Park since July 2021.
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FOI Disclosure Log - DfC/2025-0042
Participation by employers and claimants on the Employment Support Scheme.
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FOI Disclosure Log - DfC/2025-0049
Application of Department of Finance policy to the former Mackies site.
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FOI Disclosure Log - DfC/2025-0034
Number of PIP claimants with ASD spectrum including Asperger's syndrome for the previous financial year.
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FOI Disclosure Log - DfC/2025-0026
Expenditure on Public Realm Schemes over the past five years.
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FOI Disclosure Log - DfC/2025-0029
Homelessness in the Mid Ulster area.
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Survey on the Condition of Listed Buildings
In 2023, the department’s Historic Environment Division (HED) commissioned a statistical survey of the condition of Northern Ireland’s c. 9,000 listed buildings based upon a detailed investigation of a representative sample of 1,504 structures. The...
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Prevalence of gambling in Northern Ireland 2024
This publication presents the results of a Department for Communities' 2024 Northern Ireland Gambling Prevalence Survey. The main themes explored in the survey are: participation in gambling types; attitudes to gambling and; problem and at...
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Consultation on the revised code of practice on obtaining information - Departmental response
The Department for Communities' consultation, ‘Revised Code of Practice on Obtaining Information’ was open from 7 October 2024 to 17 November 2024. Its main purpose was to consider amendments to the Social Security Fraud Act...