Jon
Rivers Directorate
49 Tullywiggan Road
Loughry
request-1056778-
Cookstown
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Co Tyrone
BT80 8SG
Telephone: 028 86768300
Your reference:
Our reference: DFI/2023-0459
12 January 2024
Dear Jon
Thank you for your email of 11th December 2023 requesting the daily readings for
Lough Neagh Levels, from 1st December 2022 to 10th December 2023, and the
status of the Toome Flood Gates on each of these days.
In considering your request on behalf of the Department I have determined that
the information requested falls under the Environment Information Regulations
2004 (EIR), as opposed to FOI. Section 39 of the Freedom of Information Act
specifically excludes from consideration under that Act requests for what is
deemed to be environmental information. EIR gives rights of public access to
environmental information held by public authorities.
A guide explaining the Environmental Information Regulations can be found at:
https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-the-environmental-information-
regulations/what-are-the-eir/. The daily readings for Lough Neagh Levels, from 1st December 2022 to 10th
December 2023, and the status of the Toome Flood Gates on each of these
days, is provided at Annex A.
If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask
for an internal review. Internal review requests should be submitted within two
months of the date of receipt of the response to your original letter and should be
addressed to:
Head of DfI Information Management Unit
DfI Information Management Unit
Clarence Court
10-18, Adelaide Street
Belfast
BT2 8GB
xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx
Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right
to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information
Commissioner can be contacted at:
Information Commissioner’s Office,
Wycliffe House,
Water Lane,
Wilmslow,
Cheshire,
SK9 5AF.
Tel: 0303 123 1113.
Email
: xxxxxxxxxxx@xxx.xx.xx.
Yours sincerely,
Shaun Donnelly
Head of Business Support