Publications

The Department for Infrastructure is recruiting one Chair to the Board of Londonderry Port and Harbour Commissioners (LPHC).

This publication provides provisional headline statistics on the vehicle, driver, and theory tests conducted by the DfI's Driver and Vehicle Agency (DVA).  It is published monthly.

Driver & Vehicle Agency's key priorities and main challenges for the year ended 31 March 2024.

Management information on roads related claims for the period 2018/2019 to 2022/2023.  

Claim figures have been extracted from DfI's Claims Management System, whereas the financial data has been extracted from the NICS accounting system, Account NI.  

DFI/2023-0279: An Environmental Information Regulations 2004 request for copies of the agenda & minutes of the July 2023 meeting between the Chief Planner for the Department for Infrastructure & the Planning Appeals Commission.

DFI/2023-0281: A Freedom of Information Act 2000 request for a list of all hotel stays booked by Department for Infrastructure for officials, 04 February 2022 to 31 July 2023, including: 1) the hotel location; 2) the cost of the stay; 3) the number of rooms used; 4) the n

DFI/2023-0285: A Freedom of Information Act 2000 request for details of the Department for Infrastructure's enterprise application software (ERP, CRM, HR & Payroll, & corporate finance), including: 1) the name of the supplier; 2) the software brand; 3) a contract d

DFI/2023-0288: A Freedom of Information Act 2000 request for a breakdown the number of data breaches recorded by the Department for Infrastructure, including the Department's Arms Length Bodies, in the last 10 years. 

DFI/2023-0290: An Environmental Information Regulations 2004 request for details of DfI Roads' maintenance activities in the Ards & North Down Council area, including: 1) the annual budget; 2) the process for prioritising repairs & resurfacing; 3) the procedure for

DFI/2023-0291: An Environmental Information Regulations 2004 request for a copy of the cleaning schedule for road gullies in the Lisburn & Castlereagh Council area for the past 6 months, including: 1) the locations of the gullies or drainage systems; 2) the date these

DFI/2023-0292: An Environmental Information Regulations 2004 request for copies, for the Ballymena Road, Cullybackey, of all: 1) highway inspection records; 2) utility company opening/closing notices; 3) defect notices; 4) records of complaints for the 2 years before 06 Februa

DFI/2023-0319: An Environmental Information Regulations 2004 request for details of the number of  Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs) issued in Belfast in 2023 to date for parking in a disabled bay without displaying a blue badge & the amount raised from the Pena

An increase in tariffs is intended to ensure that DfI can provide a sustainable, efficient, and effective Pay & Display (P & D) service by addressing inflationary pressures whilst also being consistent with our developing thinking on demand management in support of mod

Issue 3 of the Newsletter outlines progress on the construction of the flood alleviation scheme.

The policy intention is to help support those Ukrainians fleeing the conflict with Russia by extending the time during which the holder of a Ukrainian driving licence is able to drive cars in NI on that licence after becoming resident here, potentially from 12 months to 36 mon

The Driver and Vehicle Agency (DVA) carried out a public consultation on increasing the costs of driving tests and vehicle tests. The consultation report provides a summary of key points and outcomes.

The Department for Infrastructure is committed to ensuring that the regional planning system operates in an efficient and effective way and is currently progressing a Planning Improvement Programme, working closely with local government and partners, to improv

The report for the draft Northern Ireland Road Safety Startegy to 2030 Key Performance Indictor (KPI) consultation is available below.

DFI/2023-0234: An Environmental Information Regulations 2004 request for information about planning applications for anaerobic digester plants/livestock houses, where DAERA has identified misrepresentation of soil sample analysis results in the Nutrient Management Plans, inclu

DFI/2023-0241: An Environmental Information Regulations 2004 request for details of pig & poultry planning applications affected by allegedly falsified official Teagasc documents, notified to DfI in July 2021, including: 1) a list of the affected applications; 2) copies of