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.
People will draw their own conclusions about the situation. Sinn Féin leads the Executive jointly with the DUP. We hold every Executive party robustly to account. That is our job, and I make no apology for it; we, collectively, make no apology for that. That is why Colin McGrath put down an amendment to improve…
I was not going to speak, since my colleague Colin McGrath covered the issues fairly comprehensively, but I felt the need to do so, given that a particular area of the Bill has not yet been reflected on. There were comments made by some Members earlier that can be contextualised by a document that was published in…
On a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. For the record, I agree with the Minister's position on opposing the Question that clause 20 stand part of the Bill. I will have a tutorial with some of my party members, whom I lecture about the legislative process, and will remind myself to pay attention as clauses are worked…
Minister, I want to be absolutely clear about something. Your permanent secretary has said that, without a multi-year Budget, healthcare transformation, which would include tackling what, Gerry Carroll correctly says, are the shameful levels of excess deaths because of emergency care issues, cannot be tackled. In the…
I welcome the fact that an announcement was made last week, following weeks of the Executive bickering and shifting blame. We will, however, want to hear more, and I welcome the fact that the Minister has indicated that more is to come. The scheme also needs to properly help people who use gas, particularly those who…
She certainly does, and much more than that, Minister. Over the past nine years, those who have wanted to have a belief marriage have been able to seek one in the North, but the Bill puts that on a proper statutory footing. I welcome that; it is overdue. I congratulate those who had to litigate to address that…
I was not going to speak on this matter because my colleagues have covered it all fairly comprehensively, but I want to reflect for a couple of minutes on where we are with the situation at Ulster University. First and foremost, my thoughts are with those directly affected at the institution, the first being staff who…
On a point of order, Mr Speaker. While not challenging the judgement of the Chair, I wish to ask under Standing Orders for guidance on why two specific amendments were not selected for debate on the Administrative and Financial Provisions Bill, which was drafted with a very wide scope. We submitted a number of…
Multi-Year Budget To ask the Minister of Finance for an urgent update on the progress of the Multi-Year Budget, after the multi-year budget was not agreed at last week’s Executive meeting.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail how often their Department has discussed the Public Sector Transformation Board with Executive colleagues, in the last 12 months.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the number of applications for project approval for social housing, including schemes and number of units, currently being considered by the Housing Executive.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail (i) his Department's; and (ii) the NI Environment Agency’s, most recent assessment of the levels of asbestos at the Meridi Street site in South Belfast, including any associated health risks should the site be (a) disturbed; or (b) undisturbed.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 34270/22-27, to detail any steps her Department takes to improve pedestrian safety when arterial routes bisect communities, as in Carryduff.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail the number of occasions she has met with the Minister for Communities, regarding the development or implementation of the Energy Strategy, in the last two years.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail the number of occasions she has met with the Minister for Communities, regarding the development or implementation of the Fuel Poverty Strategy, in the last two years.