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.
Minister, people will take time to digest that extremely detailed statement, but the upshot is that you want to move towards a much more linear — and, therefore, more pressurised — exam structure for young people. That was clearly not the response that you got from young people or parents. What do you say to those…
I want to talk about the events in the Middle East, specifically the local response. I will follow on from remarks made by Mr Buckley a few minutes ago. Yesterday, I stood up and gave my party's view on the deeply destabilising, illegal and reckless acts by the madman Trump and his Government that are creating more…
Concerns Expressed by Action Mental Health To ask the Minister of Finance for an update on the rollout of the Local Growth Fund following urgent concerns expressed by Action Mental Health on 2 March 2026 and other community voluntary organisations.
Sorry for fumbling there as I asked for an intervention. Minister, given that the Irish Government helped to fund the Universities Ireland report, might they fund even something like a fact sheet or a training pack for careers advisers up here, simply to say, "This is how to make CAO approachable and straightforward"?…
I am pleased to speak to the motion. I am really glad that it was tabled and am pleased that there is a degree of consensus. I am, however, slightly confused by the Ulster Unionist position, to be honest. I hope that we can arrive at consensus and that we hear from the Minister about where she is with the policy and…
The Member makes his points robustly. We support Irish neutrality, and we speak for ourselves. Those points are clear. In relation to parties' records, does he stand over his party's support for Brexit?
On a point of order, Madam Principal Deputy Speaker. I am all for robust debate, so I am loath to draw attention to this, but the Member accused someone of threatening violence. Were those remarks to be made outside the Chamber, they would be actionable. I ask the Speaker or, indeed, the Member to reflect on that. The…
Thank you. I appreciate that. The Member says that the text of our motion disregards the principle of consent. The only way in which there can be a new Ireland is through a referendum in which the people of Northern Ireland give their consent. That is the principle of consent, unless there is one that I have missed.…
I beg to move Thank you, Madam Principal Deputy Speaker. Did you say that I have 10 minutes? Thank you very much. I know that that is a limit, rather than a target; I infer from your tone that I should it interpret it in that way. I am very pleased to move the motion on behalf of the Opposition. It is further to many…
Thank you, deputy First Minister. To be clear, I have no difficulty with the idea of a delivery unit. I used to work in Whitehall: there was one there that did work for a long time, and, as you said, they are used in other devolved jurisdictions. I have no issue with them in principle. The public in Northern Ireland,…
Deputy First Minister, I will do something that I do not always do and follow up on a question that I have asked before. I asked about the work of the delivery unit: delivery is something that the public across Northern Ireland want but do not feel that they are getting from the Executive. That is clear; it is evident…
Deputy First Minister, we are keen to hear, as Mr Kingston said, about what the delivery unit is actually doing. The unit was heavily trailed in the Programme for Government, so it is legitimate to ask about it. So far today, we have heard that it is both a tugboat and a magpie. I am all for mixing metaphors when it…
I appreciate the Deputy Chair of the Audit Committee's giving way. Would it not have been better to retain the peg or benchmark with judicial salary grade 5 until the review that you have talked about concludes? The review is happening, but we are breaking the link before it has concluded. Would it not have been…
To touch on Mr Beattie's point, I hope that what we are trying to achieve is a peaceful world in which international law is respected and people all over it can live in peace, prosperity and dignity. I am afraid that, if that is the end goal, doing what Donald Trump and his regime did over the weekend, which was to…
Mr O'Toole asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister, given that the deputy First Minister mentioned that the delivery unit is looking at the health service and the broad area of public service transformation but he did not quite get an answer on what it is doing or what it is advising, to give him specific…
Findings of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal To ask the Minister of Justice to outline any assessment that has been made into a full independent inquiry into the PSNI’s unlawful use of surveillance against journalists, following the Investigatory Powers Tribunal findings in the Vincent Kearney case.
To ask the Minister for Communities to outline any consideration his Department has given to introducing a basic income fund for artists in Northern Ireland, similar to the system in the Republic of Ireland.
To ask the Minister of Justice, in light of recent Investigatory Powers Tribunal cases, to outline any steps her Department will take to protect the freedom of the press.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail any protections in place for home owners who are impacted by structural defects at their homes, which are the responsibility of companies that are no longer operating.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the amount that was (i) bid for; (ii) secured for; and (iii) spent on, the Belfast Rapid Transport 2 project, in the 2025-26 financial year.
I thank the Minister for giving way. Further to that comment, I am interested in the Minister's view on this. We can agree that we would like more money, and we can be sceptical about the Treasury and the funding model that applies to this place. He and I agree on the long-term future. However, does he also agree — I…