Specific target groups or opinion panels already set-up, and therefore can be monitored and polled on an ongoing and regular basis, include:
- NI Business & Managers – 700+ members. Used to collate views on ‘business and work’ issues within the broad NI ‘work’ sector. The panel includes business owners, directors, and managers, from the NI public, private, and community/voluntary sectors, – and also key workers from within the broad ‘work’ sector in NI.
- Public Sector (Senior Managers) – 610 members. A broad and representative cross-section of middle and senior managers within the public and voluntary sectors in NI.
- Northern Ireland (NI) Assembly members Panel – 90 members. This represents the total membership of the current NI Assembly.
- Northern Ireland Councillors Panel – 146 members. This represents a quarter of the total Number of NI Councillors i.e. ¼ of 582.
Other Northern Ireland Opinion Panels available include:
- Students
- Sixth-Formers
- Teachers
- Health sector workers, etc.