Publications

Information and guidance on best practice for providing public services to deaf people. It is one of the first products of Governement working in partnership with reprentatives of the deaf community to develop ideas for...

This study aims to investigate the link between participation in sport and the self reported levels of emotional wellness among individuals, within Northern Ireland.

This report presents the inequalities in relation to Section 75 groups of adults in relation to engagement in culture, arts and leisure. The information included in the report is required for DCAL’s annual audit of...

Following continuous engagement with a wide range of stakeholders. The Comber town centre masterplan sets out an exciting range of short, medium and long term proposals and actions, which will enhance Comber and its neighbourhoods.

This masterplan was commissioned by the Department in partnership with Ards Borough Council. It is the culmination of continuous engagement with a wide range of stakeholders and sets out an exciting range of short, medium...

The Belfast: Streets Ahead phase 3 project aims to push the regeneration of the streetscape towards the north, extending the perceived retail core and engaging with an area of the city that is seeing great...

The Northern Ireland Housing Bulletin is a quarterly bulletin containing information on new housing starts and completions, homelessness, the Residential Property Price Index and new house sales and prices.

HB Memos contain further guidance on the interpretation of legislation to Housing Benefit and should be read in conjunction with the Housing Benefit Decision Makers Guide.

Updated issue dates on various forms

Information on the Líofa Book Club and the approved business case.

The Housing Repossessions Taskforce has developed a range of recommendations on how existing systems of support can be improved and how people in difficulty can be encouraged to come forward for help earlier. The report...

The Laganbank Quarter development scheme document sets out the Department’s proposals for the redevelopment of the Laganbank Quarter area of the City of Lisburn. The Laganbank Quarter includes land on both sides of the River...

Strategy to Enhance and Protect the Development of the Irish Language 2015-2035.

Strategy to Enhance and Develop the Ulster-Scots Language, Heritage and Culture 2015-2035.

The following reports are based on research commissioned by the Department’s Voluntary and Community Unit (VCU) and carried out by ASU to collect information to estimate volunteering levels throughout NI.

This Statistical Fact Sheet, which is published three times a year (along with a more detailed annual bulletin), presents key information on job vacancies which have been notified to the Department for Employment and Learning...

Guidance on the statutory requirements that the Department of Environment have to meet to preserve and maintain canals within Northern Ireland.

Amendment to Development & Housing Management guide forms

Amendment to Scheme Approvals, Design Standards & Calculating Grant

Amendment to Housing Quality Indicators (HQI)