Mr Matthew O'Toole: Assembly records

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.

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  1. Debate contribution: Grassroots Sports Facilities: Investment

    • Oral Answers to Questions

    Minister, we all know where Casement Park is — it is very well connected; it is next to a motorway and a train line — but it appears that that stadium is stuck in the limbo of Executive dysfunction. Months ago, in June, the Treasury committed an extra £50 million to build it using financial transactions capital (FTC).…

    Not flagged

  2. Debate contribution: Child Poverty

    • Opposition Business

    I appreciate the Member's giving way. I will make two points, and I will be quick. We made three specific suggestions last year to address the two-child limit. One was to ring-fence the bulk of the regional rate rise for use. From memory, that would have raised about £30 million. The second was to reform rating of…

    Not flagged

  3. Debate contribution: Investment Strategy for Northern Ireland

    • Opposition Business

    Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I detected a slight note of ennui when you called me. Perhaps you have heard some of my arguments previously. I say that in the nicest possible way: I am not challenging the Chair. The point that I have been making in my remarks is about delivery. I make no apology at all for being robust…

    Not flagged

  4. Debate contribution: Investment Strategy for Northern Ireland

    • Opposition Business

    We mention specific flagship projects in the motion — I will come back to Mr Brett's comments in my winding-up speech — but that is not to exclude the loads of other flagship projects. Is it not the point that, whether it is Casement Park, the York Street interchange or whatever else, if there is no plan, there is no…

    Not flagged

  5. Debate contribution: Investment Strategy for Northern Ireland

    • Opposition Business

    I appreciate the Member's giving way. We will not do that, because we think that meeting our climate targets is essential. However, in order to deliver on your climate targets in a way that is consistent with investment, you need an investment strategy, because that will, in part, help to convince a court that the…

    Not flagged

  6. Debate contribution: Investment Strategy for Northern Ireland

    • Opposition Business

    I beg to move Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. When we became the Opposition in February 2024, we were clear that we would be a constructive Opposition. We meant it then, and we mean it now. Being constructive does not just mean never criticising the Executive: it means criticising the Executive for the right reasons.…

    Not flagged

  7. Debate contribution: Irish Language Street Signage in Belfast

    • Private Members' Business

    I also have very few focail . I am a very poor Irish speaker. I am not ashamed of that, but it is something that I would love to rectify, and I intend to do so. I want to learn Irish. I am trying to learn it with my kids. Like Sian Mulholland, I have very young children who are looking at the Irish language, exploring…

    Not flagged Decided on a second assessment.

  8. Debate contribution: Legislation Programme 2025-26

    • Executive Committee Business

    I thank the Minister for giving way. I appreciate the fact that she is at least engaging in debate, unlike some of her counterparts. I do not have a copy of the Hansard report, but I am fairly certain that, when the SDLP and the Ulster Unionists brought forward their legislative programme way back 20-odd years ago,…

    Not flagged

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