Consultations

Northern Ireland's Department of Justice has invited members of the public to have their say on ideas and priorities to include in a strategy to help improve the experiences of victims and witnesses when engaging with the criminal justice system. The Department of Justice would like to hear from mem

Northern Ireland's Department of Justice is consulting on fees for the recovery, storage and disposal of vehicles. The eight-week consultation seeks views on a possible 28 per cent uplift on the level of fees where a vehicle is removed due to being driven uninsured; being driven without due care and

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is seeking views from interested parties on what measures should be taken to boost Ireland’s cyber security sector as part of a cyber security industrial strategy. The National Cyber Security Strategy 2019-2024 Mid-Term Review set out a number of new m

Stakeholder views on the taxation of share-based remuneration in Ireland are being sought in a new consultation. The consultation, which will run until 22 January 2024, seeks views on how Ireland’s share-based remuneration environment is operating for all users, how its use can support economi

A wide-ranging consultation to inform the development of proposals for comprehensive reform of the Coroner Service in Ireland has been launched. The public consultation will run until 19 January 2024, after which proposals on a renewed coroner system, including a proposed plan as to how this will be

A public consultation on the development of strategies to combat economic crime and corruption has been launched by the Department of Justice. The online consultation will help to inform the Advisory Council against Economic Crime and Corruption (ACECC) which was established last year under the lead

Proposals to enhance the Companies Act 2014 have gone out for public consultation. The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment is seeking views on a proposed Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Bill 2023 which will focus primarily on four areas of company l

Northern Ireland's new draft domestic and sexual abuse strategy has gone out for public consultation. The launch of the consultation by the Departments of Health and Justice coincides with Sexual Abuse & Sexual Violence Awareness Week in the UK, which aims to raise awareness of sexual abuse and

A public consultation on Northern Ireland's draft three-year strategy for tackling modern slavery and human trafficking will close tonight. The strategy will focus on prevention, protecting victims and pursuing offenders and has been developed in collaboration with the Organised Crime Task Force (OC

A draft national policy framework for open disclosure in the Irish health and social care sector has gone out for public consultation. The Department of Health developed the draft national open disclosure framework to provide a consistent approach to open disclosure across the entirety of the health

A public consultation has been launched on the use of "live link" video and audio conference systems in Northern Ireland courts and tribunal hearings. The consultation, running until 26 September 2022, seeks views on the future use of live links as part of the digital improvement and modernisation o

The Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) has launched a short survey ahead of the publication of its third strategic plan later this year. The anonymous survey, which can be found on the LSRA website, invites the views of stakeholders and the public to assist in identifying strategic prioritie

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has opened the second in a series of public consultations on how it will use new forthcoming enforcement powers. The competition law regulator will gain new powers through the Competition (Amendment) Bill 2022, which is currently before the D

A public consultation on the government's third national strategy on domestic, sexual and gender-based violence has opened. The consultation, which includes proposals for a new statutory agency under the aegis of the Department of Justice, will run for three weeks ahead of the publication of the fin

A public consultation launched today is seeking views on the model and scope of proposed hate crime legislation to be brought forward in the next Northern Ireland Assembly mandate. A major judge-led review recommended in 2020 that Northern Ireland should adopt a statutory aggravation model of hate c