In fulfilling its obligations under Section 75 the Department is required to equality screen all of its policies and services under consideration to determine whether they should be subject to a full equality impact assessment (EQIA).  The Department's rolling programme of policies to be screened and those requiring an EQIA, including their status, can be accessed through the links below.

If you would like to find out more about any of the policies listed, or would like to contribute to a screening or EQIA exercise, please send an email outlining the request to Equality@dhsspsni.gov.uk.

For more information on policies to be screened or EQIA'd please select one of the links below:

The Department is currently consulting on screening decisions made between April 2008 and March 2009.  The consultation can be accessed on the e- consultation webpage.