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.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether there was any discussion of maximising the opportunities of dual market access for farmers and food producers at the North South Ministerial Council Agriculture meeting on 29 May 2024.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure (i) for an update on the designs for new canoe steps at Lagan Valley Park; and (ii) for an indicative timeframe for when the steps will be replaced.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail the number of occasions the construction of Casement Park has been discussed at an Executive meeting since the restoration of the institutions in February 2024.
To ask the Minister for the Economy when he will bring forward proposals to devolve the power to set minimum wage and replace it with the Real Living Wage.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether his Department has engaged with Belfast City Council in relation to providing financial support for their Vacant to Vibrant Capital Grant Scheme.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister when guidance for the NI Civil Service in relation to the pre-election period for the 2024 UK General Election will be published.
I am grateful to the Minister for that update and for being so thorough in going through the points raised, although she has had a fair bit of time to do it. Has her Department been in touch directly with UEFA, or will she consider getting in touch with UEFA, to find out the parameters and timing, so that the…
Will the Member give way? If the Budget were voted down today — I do not think that it will be — that would not prevent the Minister from spending the money. There has been political agreement on the priorities, such as they are, but this is not a Budget Bill. It does not affect the legality of spending.
As a former civil servant, I acknowledge that there is a pre-election period. Obviously, I do not want the First Minister or deputy First Minister to stray into political territory with official resources, so that is fine. When the Programme for Government is published, however, will it include provision for an Irish…
First Minister, will you confirm whether WhatsApp is still being used to do government business? If so, are you sharing a record in real time with civil servants so that they can keep that record and it cannot be deleted?
First Minister, after the renewable heat incentive (RHI) inquiry report was published in March 2020, just as the COVID pandemic was spreading, you said: "We need open Government where decisions are properly scrutinised day and daily and with no hiding place for any risk of malpractice".
The Member will be aware that the SDLP produced a proposal on the two-child limit that had a specific costing. Since the Member has given way, I ask him this: does he think that the cycle of collapse and resignations is helped by a Justice Minister who, three months in, wants to resign her post?
Before I begin my remarks, I thank the Deputy Chair of the Finance Committee, who will step into the breach. I had two statutory roles to perform today, and it would have been difficult to do full justice to both, given my role as leader of the Opposition. I thank the Deputy Chair for doing that. It is good news that…
Mr Speaker, I welcome you back to the Chair, as Mr Brett did. I also associate myself with the remarks that were made about the abhorrent and appalling actions of the Netanyahu regime in Rafah over the past few days and endorse what was said about Palestinian statehood and Ireland recognising it. That is a huge step…
Mr O'Toole asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister, after welcoming Rockwell College, Tipperary to proceedings, to state when we will see a full Programme for Government, given that, when the First Minister referenced the legislative programme, which he welcomes and acknowledges, in answer to his…