Yes, il est dommage / c’est dommage requires the subjunctive:
Par exemple…
Il est dommage / C’est dommage qu’ils ne puissent pas venir à la cérémonie.
It’s too bad that they can’t come to the ceremony.
Il est / C’est dommage is an impersonal expression.
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