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 Infrastructure to detail the percentage of funding for Northern Ireland Water, which has been allocated in-year, in each of the last ten years.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail any contingency measures, in the absence of an agreed Executive Budget, planned by her Department, following correspondence sent from the Permanent Secretary of the Department of Finance on 28 April 2026.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any contingency measures, in the absence of an agreed Executive Budget, planned by her Department, following correspondence sent from the Permanent Secretary of the Department of Finance on 28 April 2026.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any contingency measures, in the absence of an agreed Executive Budget, planned by her Department, following correspondence sent from the Permanent Secretary of the Department of Finance on 28 April 2026.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any contingency measures, in the absence of an agreed Executive Budget, planned by his Department, following correspondence sent from the Permanent Secretary of the Department of Finance on 28 April 2026.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail an estimate of the proportion of Total Departmental Expenditure Limit spent on public sector pay in each of the last ten years.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail his Department's most up to date estimate of the number of excess school places, broken down by (i) total number; and (ii) percentage of the total volume of school places.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail the number of (i) meetings; and (ii) engagements she has had in furtherance to securing United States of America pre-clearance at an Northern Ireland airport.
Failure to Agree a Budget That this Assembly notes with extreme concern the failure of the Northern Ireland Executive to agree a multi-year budget; supports any efforts to secure maximum possible funding from the British Government; urges UK Ministers to engage constructively with the Executive to ensure that public…
Trust in Public Appointments That this Assembly notes growing public concern regarding appointments to public bodies, arm’s-length bodies and other publicly funded organisations; believes that such appointments must be made on the basis of merit, expertise and the ability to deliver better outcomes for the people of…
In Vitro Fertilisation Equality That this Assembly acknowledges the valuable role that in vitro fertilisation (IVF) and other assisted fertility treatments play in supporting individuals and couples to build families; recognises that the cost of accessing fertility treatment privately can be prohibitive and creates…
Minister, I will always challenge the British Government, but I also challenge you, because that is my job and that of the Opposition. If, as we heard today, small business rate relief money cannot be spent; if, as the deputy First Minister said recently, support for integration, community relations and race relations…
Minister, can I just double-check a point of fact? You have just confirmed that if the Executive do not or will not agree a Budget — we all want the UK Government to engage with you; they are in chaos at the minute, so whether they are focusing or not is anyone's guess — there will be an automatic 5% cut imposed by…
I declare an interest: my child is at an integrated school. It happens to be an integrated school from which the Executive, taking the lead from you, took rebuilding money at the beginning of the mandate, in 2024, so I will take no lessons about standing up for integrated education. Minister, you just said that…
Mr O'Toole asked the Minister of Finance, after noting that, as of today, we are two months into the financial year, which means that the Executive have been operating unlawfully without a Budget for two months, and that his permanent secretary has written to all Departments saying that, if no Budget is agreed, all…
But it is not. Members talked earlier about vermin control and pest management. The Member is repeatedly conflating any form of pest management and control of wildlife with the Bill, which specifically outlaws hunting with dogs. Is that not true?
I, too, have family members who are keen pigeon racers and pigeon fanciers, and it is important to them. What the Member is talking about would not be —.
I will speak briefly at this stage of the Bill. This is the Second Stage of a Bill, a version of which we debated in the previous mandate. I commend the Bill sponsor, John Blair, who, it has to be said, has been consistent. I was going to say dogged but that would qualify as an extremely inappropriate and…
The reason I ask, First Minister, is that, when those specific remarks were put to your party leader, Mary Lou McDonald, she said: "We can’t comment on other people’s comments". She refused, at that point, to condemn the words of Gerry Hutch. I do not want to get into political commentary on every remark that is made,…