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 Member is pointing out the fact that I was at Hillsborough Castle before Christmas. The fact that I went in front of TV cameras and did interviews would rather indicate that that was not a big secret. In fact, I issued a press release saying that we were not going to go back into Hillsborough Castle. Factually,…
Before I begin in earnest, I will declare an interest. I am a parent of a child who attends Forge Integrated Primary School, which is one of the affected schools. For nearly a decade now, it has been promised funding to build a new school at the old Knockbreda High School site, but it has now had that funding…
The Member made her point. I did not say, at any point, that no party should ever table a motion; we will be tabling lots of motions to be debated in the House. However, through the Chair, I remind the Member that her party is in the Executive; we are the Opposition. Parties that are in the Executive should have the…
I will, in one second. The first is through passing legislation that actually changes people's lives, creates legal rights and creates burdens on public authorities. The second is by assigning money. We have not properly done either of those things yet, so we need to be careful about the message that we give to the…
I want to pay tribute to Charlie Bird, whose passing was confirmed today. Charlie Bird will be known to many people in politics here and people across this island as one of Ireland's most talented and well-known journalists over the past 40 years. In 2021, Charlie Bird was diagnosed with motor neurone disease. He used…
Minister, I welcome the fact that you have a commitment to the issue and that you have said clearly that it should be a collective climate action plan, that all Departments have a responsibility and that you will encourage them to take on that responsibility. To that end, in a written answer to me, the Minister for…
This is an extremely important subject. By my count — the Minister can correct me, if this is wrong — at least three of the 10 recommendations resulting from Operation Kenova would, if enacted, relate to her Department. Will the Minister commit to legislating to provide procedural time limits in relation to judicial…
The Kenova report is shocking. It is also specific. It is specific in its deconstruction of the grotesque web of deceit, torture and murder that was facilitated by both the British state and the Provisional IRA. My words will fall short of the horrifying details contained in the Kenova report, which was authored by…
Mr O'Toole asked the Minister of Justice whether she has confidence in the Public Prosecution Service (PPS), given the Kenova report, which is a shocking indictment of the brutality of the British state and the republican movement, and, in the words of the lawyer for the families, “the state and the IRA were…
Operation Kenova To ask the Minister of Justice whether, following the publication of the Operation Kenova’s interim report, she will ensure the PPS is sufficiently resourced to take prosecutions in evidence based legacy cases.
To ask the Minister of Finance whether she will bring forward legislation to regulate the transfer of common parts during the sale of apartment blocks.
To ask the Assembly Commission to outline when the official Opposition will be resourced in line with the Report on the outcome of the Independent Review of the Adequacy and Effectiveness of the Statement of Entitlements for an Official Opposition at the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Workers' Rights”
Workers' Rights - Amendment 4 Leave out all after ‘Minister for the Economy to’ and insert: ‘introduce ambitious workers’ rights legislation before the end of 2024.’
To ask the Minister of Justice what actions her Department will take to ensure the (i) prevention; and (i) removal of posters which are deemed as hate speech by the PSNI.
To ask the Minister of Justice what conversations she has had with Executive colleagues in relation to the implementation of the recommendations from the Commission on Flags, Identity, Culture and Tradition Report.
To ask the Minister of Health what measures his Department is considering to address the impediments for shared care between private and NHS doctors, currently being faced by service users and GPs.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for an update on any planned resurfacing works on Lisburn Road, Belfast, in particular between Cranmore Gardens and Lisburn Road police station.
If the Member looks at the motion, he will see that it says that the Committee will "submit a report" and "consider legislation". I think that it would be perverse for the Committee not to submit legislative proposals. I would not presuppose, however, that there would be a perfect majority or complete consensus on…
I beg to move This is the final motion for debate on our Opposition day. I am sure that some Members are relieved that that is the case. I think that we have put down some markers. We may make some progress. Hopefully we will make some progress with this, the final motion of the day. All three Opposition motions are…
I thank the Member for giving way. Lots of Members, particularly Sinn Féin Members, were right to call out Tory austerity and its impact on public-sector workers here. Does the Member agree with me, however, that there is a contradiction between calling out Tory austerity and its impact on public-sector workers and…
I appreciate my colleague on the Finance Committee giving way. He says that he thinks that we are not mature enough to have more fiscal powers; I disagree. Is one reason for him thinking that we are not mature enough because certain parties in the Assembly keep collapsing the institutions and completely denying basic…