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.
I beg to move Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. Time flies. This month, it will be nine years since the UK voted to leave the European Union. Of course, Northern Ireland voted to remain in the European Union. That act — specifically the fact that it was enacted in the hardest, most destructive way possible — remains, as…
Someone who changed their plea from not guilty to guilty was, of course, Mr Winston, aka Winkie, Irvine. Public confidence in the justice system has been damaged by the reduced tariff given to Mr Irvine after letters from, apparently, the great and the good on: “work for peace and his charity work in the community”.…
Minister, I hope that you can give a specific pledge on the night buses. I appreciate that you are still meeting about the matter, but, further to Mr Brett's point, we would like to see specificity on it. Will the transport strategy include actions from the all-island strategic rail review? It would be illogical to…
To ask the Minister of Justice whether she has (i) any departmental role in the operation of the Legal Services Oversight Commissioner; and (ii) been briefed on the role.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, pursuant to AQW 27063/22-27, to provide a timeline of when his draft Departmental response will be brought to the Executive.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail if discussions are continuing on funding for the PSNI recovery plan and the proposal to increase police officer numbers to 7000 by 2028.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether his Department has made a 2025-26 allocation to the Housing Executive for the Social Housing Development Programme.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the amount her Department has paid to Amey Consultancy in relation to (i) active travel; and (ii) road traffic schemes, since 2022.
To ask the Minister of Finance to list the most recent percentage of Full-Time Equivalent days spent working from home by staff across the Northern Ireland Civil Service, measured on an annual basis.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether his department has made a 2025-26 allocation to the Housing Executive for the Social Housing Development Programme.
Before I came back to the Chamber to finish the debate, I spoke with a group of young people — I think that they are in the Gallery now — from Rockwell College in Tipperary. They are very welcome, and it is great to have them here, but it strikes me as embarrassing that, in 2025, a group of young people from a…
I appreciate the Member's giving way. He used the phrase "the primacy of strand one". Will he point me to where that phrase is used in the Northern Ireland Act, the Good Friday Agreement or any associated documents?
The reason that I ask, First Minister, is that your party is making robust criticisms, many of which, perhaps, are legitimate, about performance in the South, but when it comes to social housing in the North, the Chartered Institute of Housing has warned today that there could be a £100 million shortfall in social…
It has been said that the PFG is a critical delivery tool for people's priorities. Why does the Budget, on which we voted last week, commit only 2% of the Executive's entire Budget to PFG priorities?
Thank you, Mr Speaker. I did not get a chance to do this earlier, but I add the Opposition's good wishes to you on your birthday. The Opposition, unlike one of the members of the Executive, would not dream of naming the number, but happy birthday to you, in any case.
Minister, this very short statement is the only substantive Executive business today, so it would be good to hear some substance. Of the jurisdictions that you met at the British-Irish Council, Northern Ireland is the only one that does not have an independent environmental protection agency. Even the Isle of Man and…
Today, I want to reflect on an incident that happened in Belfast city centre over the weekend: two peaceful protesters outside Barclays bank on High Street were arrested by the PSNI. It is important to say that there is no more profound right in a democracy than peaceful protest. Over the weekend, dozens more innocent…
Mr O'Toole asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister, after noting that the First Minister's colleague Eoin Ó Broin put out a press release today that says that the Irish Government have shown a total "lack of urgency" in relation to housing and critical infrastructure, to outline how, if that is her party's…