Publications

This Statistical factsheet, which is published three times a year (along with a more detailed annual bulletin), presents key information on employment vacancies which have been notified to the Department for Communities (DfC).

Public authorities who have Section 75 equality schemes are obliged to review those schemes periodically. A 5 year review covering the period April 2021 to September 2024 was undertaken to examine how the arrangements have...

As an employer, you can help us build a better understanding of the value of JobStart, and the opportunities you can provide as a JobStart Employer.

This guidance provides advice on flooding to historic building owners. It introduces the types of flooding and the damage that different types can inflict and includes practical information about adapting historic buildings to prepare for...

Article 4(1) of the amended Local Government (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (the 2005 Order) provides that the Department may, with the consent of the Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland (the C&AG), designate a...

The Department for Communities (DfC) commissioned an independent review of the mechanism of the Rates Support Grant (RSG). The review of the RSG was carried out by Business Consultancy Services (BCS) (now known as Innovation...

The Child Funeral Fund is delivered as part of the Social Fund and was introduced in Northern Ireland on 1 June 2022. Annually, in Northern Ireland there are approximately 170 deaths of children from birth...

On 8 July 2024, the department published a child maintenance consultation document: Accelerating Enforcement, that sought views on the proposed introduction of administrative liability orders and the procedure for dealing with the appeals process.

The Local Government Circular 17/2025 provides a set of consolidated guidance on councillor allowances.

The Department for Communities has published its analysis on the Fuel Poverty Strategy Consultation. The public consultation took place between 12 December 2024 and 6 March 2025.

Request for a table ranking the number of Personal Insurance (PI) claims each firm of solicitors registered with CRU in Northern Ireland for the entirety of 2024, and for January to August of 2025.

The Scheme of Emergency Financial Assistance (SEFA) is designed to aid individual householders who have suffered severe inconvenience as a result of internal flooding to their properties. Householders who are deemed eligible under the criteria...

The Village Catalyst programme aims to help rural community groups to bring disused historic buildings back to life. The buildings must be in villages of less than 5000 people and either listed or in a...

Ministerial Advisory Group (MAG) for Architecture and the Built Environment response to DAERA Dilapidation Bill - Call for Evidence by NI Assembly Committee

The Village Catalyst programme is jointly funded by the Department for Communities, the Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA), and the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, in partnership with the Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF).

The JobStart Scheme provides funding from the Department for Communities to allow employers to create new job opportunities to help those who are currently unemployed or economically inactive, in receipt of working age benefits and...

For each of the last five years, please outline the total number of homes funded by the Department that have been built, in what ward and Council area and the average per unit cost.

Please provide the number of recoverable overpayments raised for each benefit for the previous six years.

The Department for Communities (DfC) wishes to invite applications for the appointment of a Chair and up to four Members to the Board of the Northern Ireland Museums Council (NIMC).

Pressers, press conferences and media interviews involving ministers.