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.
Mr O'Toole asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister, given that, this Friday, the first match of the European Football Championship 2024 will take place in the Allianz Arena, whether it would not be wonderful if we could be sure that the 2028 championship will happen at Casement Park in Belfast; whether they…
To ask the Minister of Finance when (i) North Street car park, Belfast; (ii) 43A Rosemary Street, Belfast; and (iii) 25-29 North Street, Belfast were added to the rating list.
To ask the Minister for the Economy for his assessment on whether targets in the Climate Change Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 are deliverable in the absence of an operational North South Interconnector.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether his Department will consider additional traffic calming measures at the Annadale and Ormeau Embankment junction to account for additional traffic coming from Dunnes Stores.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether he will reconsider his Department’s response to residents' request to paint road markings in Malone View.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the average number of people deemed homeless in the South Belfast constituency in each of the last five years.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs what steps he is taking to overhaul environmental governance and enforcement following the findings of the BBC Spotlight programme broadcast on 4 June 2024.
To ask the Minister for the Economy whether he has engaged with his counterpart in the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science on proposed changes to the Central Applications Office points system, in order to ensure that changes are implemented to benefit applicants from Northern…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of (i) doctors; (ii) nurses; and (iii) allied health professionals that have left employment in Northern Ireland for jobs in the Republic of Ireland in each of the last two years.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the number of meetings he has had with representatives of Moy Park since taking up office in February 2024.
To ask the Minister for the Economy for his assessment of the continued subsidy of non-existent long haul flights through the block grant adjustment to pay for zero-rated long haul air passenger duty.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether his Department has engaged with Royal County Down Golf Club on the value for money of the Sports Sustainability Fund grant awarded during the pandemic.
I, too, really welcome being able to contribute to the debate. Educational attainment is a really important subject in respect of West Belfast and the North more broadly. Since Members — including some who do not represent West Belfast — are sharing personal stories about their connection to education in West Belfast,…
Thank you very much, Mr Deputy Speaker. The purpose of our Opposition day was to focus on human rights and the rights that underpin a civilised, free and plural society. We have talked about a free press. We have talked about the need for stand-alone hate crime legislation. Now we are talking about the need to proceed…
Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. Hate crime is an issue in which there is often more heat than light. I welcome the fact that the debate was mostly undertaken in a civil and balanced way. It acknowledged the seriousness, sensitivity and complexity of the legal and moral issues at stake and that the issues are…
If I understand you correctly, Minister, the fiscal framework context for devolution was discussed but perhaps not the precise powers that you would like to see devolved here. Minister, the Fiscal Commission reported in 2022. I just quoted from your 2022 manifesto. We have been back here for several months, and we are…
The Minister mentioned the fiscal framework. A Joint Exchequer Committee has been set up. That has a precedent in Scotland and Wales, but what does not have a precedent is something that we have not heard very much about: the public sector transformation board. Will that board completely undermine devolution? At the…