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.
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Cancellation of Summer Schemes in Special Schools”
Cancellation of Summer Schemes in Special Schools - Amendment 3 After ‘budget;’ insert: ‘further notes that all Executive parties have representatives on the board of the Education Authority and were made aware of the risks to summer schemes in special schools on previous occasions;’
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Conducting a Cost-Benefit Analysis of Net Zero Policies”
Conducting a Cost-Benefit Analysis of Net Zero Policies - Amendment 1 Leave out all after ‘deep concern’ and insert: ‘that climate targets are being used to deflect from the Executive’s inability to deliver high-quality public services and infrastructure that taxpayers deserve; notes that the failure to adequately…
To ask the Minister for Communities to outline any plans his Department has to provide financial support to people experiencing higher home heating costs.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether any assessment has been made of the genes capable of creating antibiotic-resistant superbugs being detected in Lough Neagh.
To ask the Minister for the Economy whether her Department is exploring any barriers arising from the UK Exit from the European Union that could prevent NI businesses operating on an all-island basis from benefitting from a potential European Capital Markets Union.
To ask the Minister for the Economy whether her Department is exploring the potential benefits of a European Capital Markets Union on NI businesses and commercial projects operating on an all-island basis.
Thank you very much. I am often late. I appreciate the Minister setting out some of those financial issues. Given that the Executive will have been mindful of that, can you confirm this: did any Executive Minister dissent from or challenge your introduction of the Bill a number of weeks ago, if it was discussed at the…
I will speak briefly in support of my colleague Colin McGrath's amendment to the Hospital Parking Charges Bill. At Second Stage, we indicated our frustration by forcing a Division. It is important that we, as the Opposition, be robust in holding to account the Executive, and, indeed, the Assembly, for the promises…
I will briefly commend the passage of the Bill on behalf of the Opposition. It brings forward a series of technical amendments, which, as the Committee Chair said, are largely designed to bring Northern Ireland into line with other parts of the UK. There are some local specifics in the Bill, which have been debated at…
Minister, I agree with you that those links are good for tourism. They have been great for your tourism, because you have had literally thousands of pounds worth of free holidays on this subject. Minister, I have said consistently to you in the Chamber that I support celebrating the role of Ulster-Scots and…
Minister, it is genuinely shocking to see the DUP's deflecting attention away from its brazen and shameless blocking of the proposal. Truly, the party of Paisley has become the party of Farage, putting particularly vulnerable and alcohol-dependent people's lives at risk. Minister, have you exhausted all the…
I will do something for the first time today: talk about a written ministerial statement. The written ministerial statement on the developer levy was published by the Infrastructure Minister last Thursday. It was released under embargo on Wednesday — I am not sure why the embargo existed, by the way — and released…
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail the number of households, year-on-year, which have transitioned away from home heating oil to another form of energy with support from her Department, since 2022.
I will be brief. I appreciate the Member's giving way. To pick a random example, can the creation of a managing authority for controlled schools be justified?
This is a genuine rather than a strictly political question. The Fiscal Council document on the multi-year Budget that came out a few weeks ago had some interesting comparisons. I think that I am right in saying that it says that our Civil Service employment is about 180% of that across the water. Does the Minister…
Listening to this debate this evening, I feel as if I have got into the back of a taxi while the cabbie is already in mid-rant, or I am in a pub and there is a boy on a bar stool saying, "And another thing —". I am sure that we have all had that while doing this job. A lot of Members have got up and ranted about a lot…
I genuinely thank you for that, Minister, but a lot of what you have said is about engagement and making the case to other people. Tomorrow, the Irish Government will announce a package of support. Your party, south of the border, has roasted the Irish Government for not doing enough quickly enough, but it is not…