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 for an update on the active travel improvements between St. Ita's Primary School, Belfast, and Cairnshill park and ride facility.
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Publication of the Joint Census”
Publication of the Joint Census - Amendment 1 Leave out all after ‘housing;’ and insert: ‘notes with concern that Northern Ireland lags behind the Republic of Ireland in several key areas, including lower population growth, poorer reported health outcomes, and a significantly higher burden of unpaid care; believes…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the number of fixed penalty notices, issued by her Department's Parking Enforcement Unit, for unauthorised entry into a pedestrian zone in Belfast, in the last five years.
Thank you, Principal Deputy Speaker. It was a bit like last orders there as I shouted to get my spake in first. Minister, I am disappointed in that response, to say the least. I grew up, as it were, in pubs, having had pubs in my family and having worked in them. I care about protecting small and rural pubs. This, I…
On a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. I want some advice — it may not be for today — on the appropriateness of making oral ministerial statements on proposals that are not practical proposals in the sense that they are only ideas. I say that because, a year ago, an oral ministerial statement was made by the previous…
I support a more progressive rating system, and I support more support for small businesses. To be clear, however, the Minister is not announcing either of those things today; he is announcing more reviews. If I were to list the consultations on and reviews of the rating system that have taken place since last…
To ask the Minister for the Economy, further to her remarks in the Assembly on 17 November 2025 regarding AQO 2709/22-27, for her assessment of the abolition of air passenger duty.
I thank the Minister for giving way. On that issue, is he having conversations with the Finance Minister about a multi-year Budget? Obviously, his Department will have put in a return, or it will be in the process of doing so. Is there a specific amount that you have asked for as a settlement from the multi-year…
I am pleased to speak towards the end of the debate to give my thoughts on the motion. Over the past number of years — in many ways, the past decade and a half but particularly since 2022 — we have been living through an extraordinary spike in the pressures facing ordinary working families and the most destitute.…
I could not agree more with Ms Armstrong. Does she agree that more important than the motion from Sinn Féin is that, in addition to the Communities Minister putting meat on the bone of the anti-poverty strategy, the multi-year Budget published, we hope, by the Finance Minister before the end of the year puts in place…
Minister, on the subject of electricity generation, critical to meeting our targets and reducing consumer bills is the North/South interconnector. When I asked your colleague the First Minister earlier about the North/South interconnector, she did not answer the question. It is going to be delayed for several years.…
Ultimately, the need to purchase those homes is a failure of policy, particularly a result of the failure to build more social homes. Minister, you have cut the housing association grant. You have pledged to build just under 6,000 social homes by the end of the mandate, but it looks as though that target is not going…
Bob Dylan is playing in Belfast on Wednesday night. Somebody asked who Bob Dylan is: he is a famous musician from the United States. The debate is almost like a greatest hits, except that it is not as great that as those that Dylan will be playing, we hope, on Wednesday night. It is the same old stuff that we have…
Minister, I agree with my colleague Sinéad McLaughlin that, sadly, 40 years on from the Anglo-Irish Agreement and 60 years on from Paisley throwing snowballs at Lemass outside this Building, the NSMC has become a bit of a dusty irrelevance. The statement is full of "noting" this and "technical updates" on that. I will…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any steps his Department is taking to create parity with the level of support given to people with lifelong needs complex needs in Northern Ireland with the support provided in England, Scotland and Wales.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the amount her Department has spent in the 2022-27 mandate, on the improvement of the appearance of Finaghy Bridge, Belfast.
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Challenging the Harm Posed by the Windsor Framework”
Challenging the Harm Posed by the Windsor Framework - Amendment 1 Leave out all after ‘Context of the Windsor Framework;’ and insert: ‘recognises that the Windsor Framework remains essential in protecting Northern Ireland from the worst impacts of Brexit, while acknowledging ongoing challenges, particularly for small…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any actions her Department is taking to help alleviate parking issues in the Lower Malone area, Belfast.