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.
There is lots to unpack. I have only one question. The Finance Committee will be scrutinising this in detail later this week. Specifically on Casement Park, you say that you welcome the additional allocation from the UK Government of £50 million, and you say that you urge all partners to work together to get Casement…
My thoughts and those of the SDLP are with Seán Neeson's wife, Carol, his family, the wider Neeson family and, indeed, his colleagues, and our colleagues, in the Alliance Party. They are grieving the loss of a profoundly important and decent man in their party and in our politics. Just before we came into the Chamber,…
Mr O'Toole asked the Minister of Finance, in light of the fact that he appeared earlier to dismiss the NI Fiscal Council's finding that the current funding model for NI Water is unsustainable, whether he is seriously telling the House that there is nothing wrong with the funding model for NI Water, given that our…
Mr O'Toole asked the Minister of Education, in the context of society here having been shamed over the past week by an attempted pogrom in Ballymena and violence erupting throughout Northern Ireland in which children have been on the front line as victims and perpetrators and which resulted in children who were born…
TEO Response to Public Disorder To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister whether they will coordinate an Urgent cross-departmental response to the recent violence, addressing the need for updated strategies on racial equality and refugee integration, improved criminal justice response to hate crime
Criminal Justice Response to Recent Disorder To ask the Minister of Justice for an update on the criminal justice response to the recent riots, including whether police have adequate resources and when she will bring forward legislation strengthening hate crime penalties in Northern Ireland.
Ministerial Code of Conduct To ask the Minister for Communities whether his social media posts on the location of displaced was consistent with terms of paragraph (c) of the Pledge of Office and section (vi) of the Ministerial Code of Conduct
I have very little time, so I will be brief. I have been struck by two personal memories that get to the heart of what we are debating. Although I represent an urban constituency, my father grew up on a farm and farming is close to my family background. One of my earliest childhood memories is sitting on my…
First, it is important to remember, as others have done, that, at the centre of this, there is a young girl who has suffered a traumatic and appalling assault. There is also a police investigation and a justice process that must be followed: that is the absolute core of a civilised society and a democracy based on the…
Fiscal Council Sustainability Report To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for his response to the Fiscal Council sustainability report with a special focus on NI Water.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail when he was first briefed (i) verbally and (ii) in writing, on the Legislative Consent Motion for the Data Use and Access Bill.
I appreciate the Minister's giving way, because it allows me to point out that Mr Tennyson, who was quick enough to point out that I was outside the Chamber — I was out for about five minutes to meet some schools from my constituency — is not here now. What is good for the goose. Anyway, I appreciate the Minister's…
A few days ago, I met a constituent who is going in for cardiac surgery in the next week. She is genuinely scared, given the revelations that she has read. She is getting open-heart surgery. If there is a wider cultural problem across the health service — Patricia McKeown of UNISON thinks that it is symptomatic of a…
I thank the Minister for his precise and concise answer. The allocation that he has made, further to the allocation that he received from the Finance Minister, shows that the Executive will fall not just short, but far short, of their target for social home starts by the end of the mandate. Will he confirm, on the…
The deputy First Minister did not answer my question. I, of course, want equitable funding for other grounds. Ravenhill and Windsor are both in my constituency. I am glad that they are there and are thriving, but Casement Park has lain idle for 12 years. I am not a unionist, but, if I were, I would think that the best…
Further to the previous question, deputy First Minister, many members of the public watching us will not know what the Castlereagh Foundation is. It emerged in a private bilateral discussion between, I believe, your party and the then Tory Government. Perhaps you would like to put on the record what the Castlereagh…
I am happy to have given way for the intervention and that the Minister has clarified that. I was paraphrasing. I do not have his precise words in front of me. He said that we should acknowledge the fact that there were 1,000 homes that families would be in. That is true, of course, but our job is not to simply say,…
On a point of order, Mr Speaker. I welcome the fact that you have made that announcement. It is an extremely serious matter, into which the Committee for Finance has been looking. Frankly, it is a shambolic situation. Will your office confirm, today or subsequently, whether this is the first time that the Assembly has…
Mr O'Toole asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister whether, given that it will be 12 years tomorrow since the last match was played at Casement Park and that Gaels and GAA fans throughout Ulster and Ireland now have a real expectation that additional funding to rebuild Casement Park will be allocated on…
Journalist Safety Report To ask the Minister of Justice whether she will take any action following the report on journalist safety in Northern Ireland?