The Department of Health wants to consider the situation in England where plans have been scrapped.
In a statement to BBC News NI, a spokesperson for the Department of Health said that it wanted to "take into consideration the evolving situation in England".
The statement said that the consultation had not been published because of "other urgent priorities which the department is dealing with as a result of the latest surge in the pandemic response."
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