Department for Infrastructure (Northern Ireland)

The complainant has requested information from the Department for Infrastructure (“the Department”) regarding work in relation to weed control and Japanese Knotweed.  The Department provided the complainant with some information, refused to disclose some information citing regulation 12(5)(e) of the EIR as a basis for non-disclosure, and applied regulation 12(4)(b) to the remaining requested information.  The Commissioner’s decision is that the Department has correctly applied the above sections of the EIR to the complainant’s request.  Therefore the Commissioner requires no steps to be taken.