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Mr Matthew O'Toole: Assembly records
All of Mr Matthew O'Toole’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not flagged, uncertain or not yet analysed.
The first thing to say is that I am not sure whether the DUP has heard of a thing called the Streisand effect. If it has not, I encourage it to look at that. It is where you attempt to drive attention away from something but inadvertently create more attention on it. However, that may actually be the point of today's…
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail any engagement she has had with (i) homelessness; and (ii) addiction, support charities, on the merit of a safe injection centre in Belfast.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any engagement with the Northern Health and Social Care Trust and the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust in relation to making use of Randalstown Autism Centre.
To ask the Minister of Health whether any patient safety incidents or delayed diagnoses have occurred as a result of the backlog with Pathology Services in each of the last 24 months.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of specimens sent from Pathology Services to English pathology services for processing in each of the last 24 months.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the expected turnaround time for a specimen at Pathology Services to be processed, including the current longest wait to be processed.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of specimens awaiting processing at Pathology Services, including the proportion of which are awaiting processing for cancer-related cases.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any action she is taking to prevent cuts to classes at Belfast Metropolitan College in light of reductions in budget allocations.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) any progress that has been made since September 2024 in implementing measures to improve the collection, recording and sharing of birth family medical histories for adopted people; and (ii) whether any practical mechanism has been established to enable clinically significant…
To ask the Minister of Health whether any (i) assessment has been made of the adequacy of mental health services for people affected by adoption, including adopted adults, birth parents and adoptive parents; and (ii) work is underway to improve access to adoption-informed psychological support.
To ask the Minister of Finance, pursuant to AQW 32431/22-27, to detail the (i) airlines; (ii) routes; and (iii) number of flights, based on the 21,000 passengers figure.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any successful Special Needs and Disability Tribunal cases brought against the Education Authority, in each of the last five years, expressed as (i) a number; and (ii) percentage of total cases.
I thank my colleague for giving way. It occurred to me that, on the point about the single-party veto, the argument was forwarded that the DUP might veto action in this area. It is probably worth saying that DUP Members are going to vote for the Bill to pass its Second Stage tonight. If, however, there were a scenario…
I am proud to speak in support of my brilliant colleague Sinéad McLaughlin's Bill. To say that it is a labour of love would be understating it. It has been a huge labour — a social democratic labour — of love, but it is also based on a deep love for the maiden city — the city of Derry — which Sinéad represents…
Minister, the Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann was an extraordinary and unprecedented event in this city and in this region. It genuinely brought joy in a way that people in this city had not experienced before. The people who delivered that, however, and were the backbone of that, were the artists — dozens of whom are…
OK, you will come to that. I look forward to hearing that, because I want a solution, as do my constituents. I say this from the perspective of genuinely wanting people to —. If we have a new Ireland, there will still be Union flags flying in the North. If we stay in the UK, which is the preference of the Members…
I gave way to Mr Burrows. He has made his point, but he is not offering a solution as to how we make those flags come down. He is simply saying that —.
There clearly are examples of that happening, but it is also clear that that is entirely inconsistent and not universal. If those who oppose the Second Reading of the Bill believe that that kind of voluntary and entirely, as it were, laissez-faire approach to regulating such matters is the way to go, perhaps they…
I am pleased to speak to the Second Stage of the Bill. Some of what has been said tonight has been useful and constructive. For the most part, the debate has not been heated or intemperate, which is helpful because this is clearly a sensitive subject. The subject of flags and emblems goes to the heart of this society,…
I appreciate it, Mr Buckley. I want to come in briefly, because it is a legitimate debate, and there is no issue with that. This is exactly what we should be doing: debating the precise text and meaning of legislation. I am not the Bill sponsor, but I will say this. The Bill refers to "the opinion of the Department."…