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 of Finance whether he raised the reserve claim for the costs associated with the PSNI data breach, at his meeting with the Chancellor, on 12 August 2025.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) the number of Departmental staff who work to produce the Little Changes Podcast, including a full-time employee figure; (ii) the number of Departmental staff who participate in the Little Changes Podcast, including the time they spend taking part in the Podcast;…
To ask the Minister of Finance, pursuant to AQW 32431/22-27, to detail the routes from Northern Ireland airports, which qualified for reduced long haul Air Passenger Duty, in the 12 month period up to June 2025.
I am really pleased to be debating this issue today, and I thank the Member who brought the Adjournment debate to the House. I am so proud to represent Carryduff, Newtownbreda and Four Winds — the BT8/Castlereagh South area. In many ways, calling it Castlereagh South is a bit of a let-down for the people who live…
I appreciate the Member's giving way. He mentioned swinging the lead and said that the LPS should be better able to decide between who cannot and who will not pay. Further to the point made by Mr Gaston and Mr Tennyson about how easy it is to draw the distinction, will the Member give his view about the DUP office in…
I appreciate the Minister giving way. On this occasion, I agree with him. In my family, I have experience of what happens when a small business owner cannot continue because of a serious illness and has rates liability. Does the Minister agree that it is often the case in small towns that, sometimes, a liability…
Like others, I am sure, we will support the motion insofar as it goes. We have no profound issues with clamping down on the level of unpaid rates. That should be obvious. Some Members in their contributions have lambasted, as it were, the LPS and the Department. I will not defend them, but I offer a plea in…
On a point of order, Madam Principal Deputy Speaker. The Minister said that the Executive cannot hold a reserve. That is true in a literal sense, but, for the record, the Executive can hold items centrally in their Budget for specific projects. They do that all the time, so it is not correct to say that there was no…
It is clearly right that our first thoughts are with the affected PSNI officers and staff, but let us be absolutely clear: this is another shambles; in fact, we only found out about it because a letter was leaked to the media. Presumably, your Department has known about it for weeks. Is it another example, like the…
Minister, I hope that you will listen to the responses to the consultation that you are undertaking — you are already saying that, in your own house, there has been some robust feedback — because the real concern is that pursuing a clear, possibly ideological position will create more high-stakes pressure,…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the actions her department can take to remove untaxed vehicles, which have remained on public roads for months.
Minister, you were previously Finance Minister. Your colleague the current Finance Minister has been engaged in a long-running consultation on changes to rates. There is no crystallisation on what those will be. Are you advocating specific changes to the rating system to get more properties back on the high street and…
First Minister, I asked you not whether you were working night and day but whether construction would begin before the end of the mandate, so I would like a specific answer to that question. More broadly, is the Environment Minister right to say that the Executive are sliding into backbiting and what he calls, "A…
I do not doubt — no one doubts it — that there have been lots of photo ops and warm words, but the people who are going to make decisions on investing in this place want to know what the Executive are doing to build road and rail and to invest in our crumbling waste water infrastructure. All the meetings and…
We entered opposition 21 months ago, and we pledged then to be a constructive Opposition, to work hard and to improve the way that politics is done in this place. Sometimes, it feels, for our Members, like a lonely furrow, but it is an important job, and we are proud to have done it. Before the end of this year, we…
Mr O'Toole asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister, after noting that it is Book Week, albeit he dare not ask for a book recommendation, and noting that, from what she has said in the Chamber, the First Minister is a fan of the power of positive thinking, whether they agree that the public are much less…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail when the feasibility studies relating to the implementation of the All-Island Strategic Rail Review, will be published, namely (i) Belfast to Dublin electrification; (ii) Knockmore to Antrim; (iii) Portadown to Armagh; and (iv) Portadown to Derry.
Pay Award for Healthcare Workers To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to outline the steps they are taking to urgently resolve the funding shortfall for healthcare worker pay awards, given the ongoing risk of industrial action and the impact on service delivery ahead of the winter period.
To ask the Minister of Justice whether she will take action to simplify and strengthen the reporting and enforcement of the sale of illegal and counterfeit tobacco.