Publications

The Department for the Economy is seeking views on a range of policy areas relating to employment rights, aimed at realising the potential of the Minister’s Good Jobs ambition.

Following extensive research, stakeholder engagement and a public consultation, the Department for the Economy has developed a range of sectoral action plans for seven of the most innovation, productive and internationally oriented parts of the local economy. 

The fifth edition of the Energy in Northern Ireland report was published on 20 June 2024.

The Quality Report highlights any associated quality information for the data, statistics and information referenced in the Energy in Northern Ireland reports.

The Energy in Northern Ireland report is circulated to a limited number of pre-release access recipients in line with the Pre-release Access to Official Statistics Order (Northern Ireland) 2009.

This article on careers working with children was provided by the department's Analytical Services Division.

The Department for the Economy provides statistics on the Skills for Life and Work programme in Northern Ireland.

This report is an analysis of the responses to the department’s public consultation on onshore petroleum licensing policy carried out between 15 January and 12 April 2024.

In October 2023, the Department for the Economy commissioned York Aviation to undertake a review of Northern Ireland’s air connectivity in terms of its ability to support inbound tourism and business growth.

The department monitors recently published relevant research reports and, each quarter, produces a summary in the Research Digests for wider dissemination.

In 2023 the Department for the Economy commissioned DMH Associates to conduct research comparing the careers support services of other small advanced economies (SAE).

The following document is the Partnership Agreement between the Department for the Economy and the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland.

The Department for the Economy has undertaken analysis to understand the post EU Exit regulatory environment within individual sectors of the economy.

Professor David Phinnemore and Dr Lisa Claire Whitten, of Queen's University Belfast, have carried out research for the Department for the Economy (DfE) on post EU-Exit regulatory divergence in Northern Ireland.

In March 2024 Economy Minister Conor Murphy launched a taskforce to develop and oversee an action plan to expand Ulster University’s Derry~Londonderry campus to 10,000 students. These are its terms of reference.

Equality screening around the policy: Developing biomethane production in Northern Ireland.

This circular provides new guidance on the source of funding coding values for Skills Focus enrolments from the 2024/25 financial year onwards.

Under the Period Products (Free Provision) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022, specified public service bodies of the Department for the Economy have a statutory duty to provide period products free of charge on their premises from 12 May 2024.

The tables presents a range of analysis regarding enrolments and students in the Northern Ireland further education sector covering academic years 2018/19 to 2022/23.

Equality screening around Onshore Petroleum Licensing Policy.