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.
Minister, I wonder whether you discussed at the meeting or have had any engagement on the cross-border education issue that cuts across your Department and the Economy Department of the high points that are required for Northern students who are doing A levels and AS levels to get into Southern institutions. Some…
Thank you, Madam Principal Deputy Speaker. Minister, we are obviously a party of the left. We believe in workers' rights, and we strongly welcome many of these proposals. We are decades overdue an employment rights Bill in this place to improve workers' rights. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, however: none of…
Mr Speaker, since the Assembly's return last February, you have been in the Chair for much of that time, and I have been in the Chamber probably more than most Members, and we have repeatedly heard Ministers from all parties talk about the financial and fiscal constraints that the Executive face, and they do. As a…
Minister, I am afraid that you are pursuing a straw man argument. You have said that you do not want water charges rather than explain what you will do about water infrastructure in the North. I do not want water charges and nor does my party, but Lough Neagh is turning into an open-air cesspool, we cannot build…
You may not seek it out, First Minister, but you know that your colleague Conor Murphy, who is a former Economy Minister and Finance Minister, stayed in the Fullerton Hotel in Singapore, which says on its website that it reflects: "the full-blown colonial confidence of its builders". It cost more than £6,000 for him…
First Minister, you mentioned the reform and transformation unit. We have not heard that much about the detail of its working. Has it been set up? When will the House have a detailed update on its work?
The Supreme Court's judgement has come after much controversy and debate on the subject, which has become tragically toxic and toxically divided. It has placed in toxic and false opposition the hard-fought rights of women, and, indeed, the continued fight for women's safety from violence, which is a subject that we…
I will briefly reflect on Rory McIlroy's extraordinary achievement, not that I could follow my colleague from Newry and Armagh's vivid contribution and, indeed, the contribution of the deputy First Minister, who talked about her golf game. I am sure that she could demonstrate her drive at Royal Portrush this year in a…
Thank you, Mr Speaker, for facilitating today's session. I offer my and my party's most sincere condolences on the passing of Pope Francis, who was a great man and a great leader but, more importantly, a humble man and a humble leader. He was deeply loved, and he will be missed across Ireland and the world by, first…
Mr O'Toole asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister whether, given the context in which they and their Executive colleagues have consistently, persistently and understandably blamed austerity for constraints on public spending, right down to small sums of money, including their colleague the Infrastructure…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister whether the (i) First Minister; and (ii) deputy First Minister has stayed in a five-star hotel while on a Ministerial visit during the 2022-2027 Assembly mandate.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail (i) the number of parking spaces at the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) on Newforge Lane; (ii) the average number of staff who access the AFBI site at Newforge Lane on a weekly basis; (iii) the average number of vehicles that access…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, in relation to the Stranmillis embankment cycling lane, whether ring-fenced active travel money was spent on road resurfacing on the adjacent carriageway.
Increasing Fiscal Devolution That this Assembly agrees that funding arrangements for public services in Northern Ireland are not fit for purpose; and calls on the Executive to produce concrete options for fiscal devolution by September 2025.
Establishment of an Infrastructure Commission That this Assembly is alarmed at the continued failings in the delivery of major capital projects, as highlighted in recent reports by the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Public Accounts Committee; and calls on the Executive to establish an Infrastructure Commission…
NI Water Funding and Governance That this Assembly regrets the state of our wastewater network; and calls on the Executive to commence an independent review of NI Water's funding and governance by September 2026.
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 14447/22-27, to detail any plans his Department is making to improve the current provision for adoptees to access healthcare records pertaining to their birth parents and any medical conditions that might impact them.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any steps her Department is taking to help alleviate residents' parking concerns on Ulsterville Avenue, Belfast.