Consultation responses and NI Assembly Submissions
Barnardo’s Northern Ireland Policy and Research Unit responds to a range of consultations and submits evidence to the Northern Ireland Assembly on matters relating to children, young people and families.
Recent consultations that we have responded to and NI Assembly submissions are listed as follows:
2011
- Northern Ireland Children and Young People's Plan 2011-2014, Health and Social Care Board (PDF)
- Pathways to Success: A proposed cross-departmental strategy to reduce the number of young people most at risk of remaining outside education, employment or training (NEET), Dept of Employment and Learning (PDF)
- Draft Budget 2011-15, NI Executive (PDF)
- Draft Child Poverty Strategy, OFMDFM (PDF)
- Code of Practice and Sentencing Guidelines for Victims of Crime, Dept of Justice (PDF)
- Early Years (0-6) Strategy, Dept of Education (PDF)
2010
- Educational Underachievement and the Protestant Working Class, Dawn Purvis (PDF)
- Education consultation questions DUP (PDF)
- Achieving Best Evidence in Criminal Proceedings, Dept of Justice (PDF)
- Safeguarding Board Bill, DHSSPS (PDF)
- Prison Review: Call for Evidence, Prison Review Team (PDF)
- Every School a Good School: The Way Forward for Special Educational Needs, Dept of Education (PDF)
2009
- Together, Safer, Stronger, NIO (PDF)
- Strategy for Health and Social Care Bereavement Services, DHSSPS (PDF)
- Dormant Bank Accounts, Department of Finance and Personnel (PDF)
- Northern Ireland Prison Service Draft Family Strategy, NI Prison Service (PDF)
2008
- A Strategy in Raising Literacy and Numeracy,Dept of Education (PDF)
- Draft Northern Ireland Children’s Services Plan 2008-11, All H&SS Boards (PDF)
- Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Strategic Action Plan 2008/09-2010/11, DHSSPS (PDF)
- Proposals for Health and Social Care, DHSSPS (PDF)
- Draft Budget 2008-2011, Northern Ireland Executive (PDF)
2007
- Play Policy, OFMDFM (PDF)
- Families Matter: Supporting Families in Northern Ireland, DHSSPS (PDF)
- Hidden Crimes, Secret Pain, NIO/DHSSPS (PDF)
- Child Protection Policy for the NI Prison Service, NI Prison Service (PDF)
- Let's Talk Let's Listen: Draft Guidance for Public Authorities on Consulting with Children and Young People, Equality Commission for NI (PDF)
- Care Matters in NI': A Bridge to a Better Future, DHSSPS (PDF)
