Publications

The Background Quality Report explains the data sources, methods, quality considerations and limitations behind the Neighbourhood Renewal Area Profiles 2026.

Headline statistics on the number of liquor licences in Northern Ireland at 31 December 2025.

The Northern Ireland Community Infrastructure Fund (NICIF) is a capital grant intervention intended to support voluntary and community organisations to improve existing community buildings and facilities across Northern Ireland.

This is a new policy. In July 2024 Minister for Communities Gordon Lyons released a statement setting out his intention to provide, for the first time, a comprehensive collection of culture-related policies under the heading...

The Department for Communities has published its departmental response to the public consultation on a major event order for the Fleadh Cheoil Na hÉeireann, ‘The Fleadh’, 2026).

The vision for Historic Environment Policy for Northern Ireland is for an inclusive and valued historic environment that delivers for Northern Ireland. This ‘delivery’ is aimed not solely at what the historic environment can deliver...

The Public Procurement Policy Statement requires that there will be transparency of any variances between original contract values and actual spend. This applies to goods, services and works contracts over the UK Thresholds. The DfC...

Article 29 (1) of the Local Government (NI) Order 2005 confers powers on district councils in relation to emergencies. Article 29 (10) of the Order gives the Department the power to make grants to district...

The UK pensions system has historically operated on a binary basis, with Defined Benefit (DB) schemes placing risk on employers through guaranteed outcomes, and Defined Contribution (DC) schemes placing risk on individuals with no guaranteed...

The purpose of the Regulations is to ensure that payments made to refund overpayments arising from the Carer’s Allowance reassessment exercise are disregarded as capital indefinitely in respect of income-based benefits.

These Regulations will amend existing pension law to allow trustees to transfer members’ defined contribution pension savings in bulk to authorised Collective Money Purchase (CMP) schemes without needing individual member consent.

Article 29 (1) of the Local Government (NI) Order 2005 confers powers on district councils in relation to emergencies. Article 29 (10) of the Order gives the Department the power to make grants to district...

Are you looking for an opportunity to make a significant and valuable contribution to the oversight and delivery of public services in Northern Ireland? Join the Board of the largest Department within the NI Civil...

The Department for Communities is seeking views, through a public consultation, on proposals to raise awareness about what social housing tenancy fraud is about and why it is important to address; to strengthen legislative powers...

The Department for Communities is the sponsor Department for the Northern Ireland Local Government Officers’ Superannuation Committee (NILGOSC). Working together, both organisations have agreed a Partnership Agreement, signed in March 2026, which sets out how...

The Department for Communities is undertaking a review of social housing tenancy fraud to ensure that social housing stock is protected and allocated fairly to those in genuine need. Current legislation is not considered robust...

Minutes of any meetings between the Minister and the Commissioner for the Ulster Scots and the Ulster British tradition since 1 January 2026. Minutes of any meetings between the Minister and the Irish Language Commissioner...

Costs relating to the Department for Communities’ involvement in the Northern Ireland delegation visit to the United States in March 2026.

Total spend to date on advertising it has accrued related to events celebrating the 250th anniversary of the US declaration of independence.

Policymakers, housing providers, designers, and Passive House specialists recently came together on Monday 23rd February 2026 at Queen’s University Belfast for “Passivhaus for the Public Sector – Reducing Risk, Cost & Carbon.”