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 Communities whether his Department has taken responsibility for adjusting the Limitation (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 in order to increase the time period for owners of defective properties to pursue civil claims.
— this is a point of order — that Minister will give clarity on whether they genuinely believe, unlike what is stated in the explanatory memorandum, that this represents a new regulatory border? Thank you.
On a point of order, Mr Speaker. Would it be in order — I ask for your advice on this — given that the overwhelming majority of the Assembly voted to maintain our dual market access and benefits for small craft producers, that you write to the UK Minister of the Crown, who is named in the relevant legislation, to ask…
I appreciate the Member giving way. Speaking of people who voted to impose things, though he calls me, along with other parties, a protocol implementer, I never had the opportunity to vote in total and overall to implement the protocol, which is a good thing in the context of Brexit being a very bad thing. Has he…
I thank Mr Clarke for that answer. On 3 February, we were nominated as the official Opposition, and I took up the role as leader of the Opposition. Although I am sure that it causes occasional irritation to colleagues, that is a role that I have been charged with doing. As yet, we have not received a penny of the…
A previous iteration of the protocol, now the Windsor framework, omitted guarantees of origin from the North being sold into the South and more widely onto the electricity market in Europe. Will the Minister explore with his officials getting that added to the protocol so that we can benefit from our access to the…
That was a bit of a speech. I am happy to give way for Members to make interventions that are specifically about the debate. I do not think that the DUP motion and motivations today are the right ones, but I am here to debate the substance because that is what is in the Order Paper. Those of us who believe in the EU…
The concerns are very minimal and they are In the interests of having a fulsome debate, I am happy to give way to Ms Eastwood, if she wants to say something.
Thank you, Mr Speaker. I was unaware, happily listening to the debate. In answer to Mr Beattie's point, I will scrutinise a little bit of what is in the legislation, though we have had very little time to look at the detail. The detail is not mysterious or unknown to us. I will cover a little bit of the detail. We…
I thank the Member for giving way. This should not have come at such short notice, but there is a lot of information out there. I know that we were all busy during the St Patrick's Day weekend, but there is a lot of information out there, and this is not a huge deal, one way or the other; it is of medium-positive…
I appreciate the Member for being open to interventions and giving way. He mentioned Donegal tweed as an example and the UK Government being responsible for taking it off the shelves if it was not compliant. Would not that only be the case if it was non-compliant Donegal tweed? If it was Donegal tweed produced in a…
I am happy to debate the issue at length today with the Member. Since we are talking about ironies, does he think that it is ironic that the DUP has tabled an applicability motion that it is going to vote against?
First, I should say that, when I came into the Chamber today, I did not expect to hear Mr Allister talk about the subject of budgie smugglers — — but some pleasant surprises await us in the Assembly. I want to speak about the important matter of my constituents who, around a decade ago, invested in apartments at…
Limitation (NI) Order 1989 To Ask the Minister of Communities, further to press coverage on the plight of Victoria Square apartment owners, when he will bring forward legislation to amend the Limitation (NI) Order 1989 in order to increase the time period for owners of defective properties to pursue civil claims.
To ask the Minister of Justice whether her Department is responsible for enacting the legislation outlined in recommendation three of the Operation Kenova Interim Report.
To ask the Minister of Finance whether he intends to commence the powers to set Corporation Tax funding as provided for in the Corporation Tax (Northern Ireland) Act 2015.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail the date on which she was first notified, whether verbally or in writing, of the UK Government decision to remove the ringfence from shared and integrated education Fresh Start funding.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the date on which he was first notified, whether verbally or in writing, of the UK Government decision to remove the ringfence from shared and integrated education Fresh Start funding.
I am intrigued. The Member is clearly dying to play politics with the issue rather than get agreement on a motion that we are actually supporting today. It is slightly strange that I am having a debate with someone whose motion and policy intent I support. Will he also confirm that it was clear, unlike statements that…