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.
To ask the Minister for the Economy whether his Department holds data on the number of long haul flight routes operating out of Northern Ireland airports.
To ask the Minister for the Economy whether his Department has made an assessment of the economic cost of the new Electronic Travel Authorisation on the tourism sector.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister, following comments by Junior Minister Reilly on 8 April 2024 during ministerial questions, whether they will publish the equality impact assessment conducted on the decision to remove ring-fenced Fresh Start funding from integrated schools.
To ask the Minister of Justice how many local breweries have applied for a local producer’s licence as provided for in Clause 10 of the Licensing and Registration of Clubs (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2021.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the service provision for dealing with cleft palate in children; (ii) the current number of specialised staff, broken down by grade, in dealing with cleft palate; and (iii) the budget allocation for this.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the number of children waiting for surgery for cleft palate in excess of (a) three months; (b) six months; (c) nine months; and (d) twelve months; and (ii) his plans to reduce the waiting list for this treatment.
Minister, you said that you are left dealing with the consequences of the removal of the ring fence, but one of the consequences is not that the Executive have to remove money. It is really important to nail that myth. A ring fence being removed does not remove the money from those schools. That was a decision made by…
Minister, you said twice that you want to grow the tax base, but you also said that you do not want a fundamental review of the rating system. In simple terms, how should we grow the tax base and from where should we generate additional revenue?
Does the Member agree that it is really important that, in talking about this, no one should be in any doubt that he is right that Chris Heaton-Harris and the UK Government imposed a punishment Budget? We know that we have had more than a decade of austerity, but the decision on the cuts to integrated education was…
Mr O'Toole asked the Minister of Finance, after declaring an interest as the parent of a child at one of the affected schools, to state which Minister — Finance or Education — is correct about who made the decision to remove funding from integrated schools, given that, having asked the Finance Minister and the…
Thank you, First Minister. On a separate but related issue, just before recess, in a written ministerial statement that was not delivered orally to the Assembly, the Minister of Education appointed the serving Justice Department permanent secretary to be chief executive of the Education Authority. He has confirmed to…
Does the junior Minister agree that, notwithstanding all the good work and good relations that you mentioned, the Executive's decision not to put back the ring fence for integrated schools, effectively colluding with the UK Government to remove that funding from integrated schools, damages the good relations agenda?
I and the SDLP will, of course, support today's motion, which I commend the Alliance Party for tabling. I will make a few points about the motion and on the broad theme of reconciliation and moving our society away from division. The work of ending division is core to my party. Mr Nesbitt mentioned our former leader.…
I will touch on a broader political question and simply reflect on the events of the past 10 days. I do not mean the specific, clearly noteworthy and, to many people, shocking news developments — those are now a matter for the legal system, and it is important that none of us gets into speculation as, unfortunately,…
I pass on my thoughts and those of my party to the princess after the cancer diagnosis that has been made public in the last few weeks. It is, obviously, extremely difficult to be in the public eye in such a high-profile role and face the kind of speculation and lurid reporting that has happened over the last number…
Mr O'Toole asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister whether the issues raised in the motions that have been debated, including many tabled by her party, since the Assembly’s return, on topics such as making affordable childcare available, ending violence against women and girls, making school uniforms more…
Removing the Universal Credit Two-Child Limit That this Assembly acknowledges the findings of the recent Northern Ireland Audit Office report on Child Poverty that nearly half of all children living in relative poverty come from families with three or more children; recognises the pernicious role that the Universal…
Eradicating Fuel Poverty That this Assembly believes it is unacceptable that 290 people in Northern Ireland die each winter due to cold homes; accepts that the Warmer Healthier Homes Fuel Poverty Strategy is over a decade old and is no longer fit for purpose; calls on the Executive to include a clear target for…
Banning No-Fault Evictions That this Assembly declares a housing crisis; expresses its concern that social housing waiting lists have almost doubled in the past 20 years with a clear long-term trend towards longer waiting times; acknowledges the findings of the 2023 report by the Office for National Statistics on…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister whether they were consulted prior to the appointment of the Chief Executive Officer of the Education Authority.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the process for the recruitment of the Chief Executive Officer of the Education Authority, including whether there was an internal trawl for the position.