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 Education to detail (i) the schools in the South Belfast constituency on his Department’s list for Major Capital Works Projects; and (ii) how long each school has been on the list.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether businesses affected by racist attacks in August 2024 can avail of the recent £200,000 funding announcement on the same terms as the other businesses.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs when he was first aware of the requirement to bring SR 2025/11 The Animals (Identification, Records, Movement and Enforcement) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025 before the Assembly.
Uncharacteristically, I will endeavour to fulfil that request, Mr Speaker. I welcome the Minister's bringing the statement to the House. It is, however, a deeply disappointing day for people in north and south Belfast, and it is perhaps unsurprising that not a single North Belfast or South Belfast Sinn Féin MLA is in…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the percentage of active travel funding that has been spent on (i) installing new infrastructure; and (ii) updating existing infrastructure in each of the last two years.
On a point of order, Mr Speaker. My apologies for indulging in points of order and dosing you on them twice in one day. In the past hour and a half, the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs has issued, under embargo, a written ministerial statement. Further to what I raised with you earlier, not only…
Minister, energy efficiency is indeed hugely important and, along with other types of decarbonisation, is one of your four priorities. In your Department's business plan, however, next to baseline — how you measure progress — there is a range of measures for other policy interventions, but, for energy efficiency, the…
The Minister is keen to defend his officials, which is fine. Our job is to ensure the accountability of officials and Ministers, and we should make no apology for that. He mentioned the past three or four years of, apparently, looking at the legalities, but have his officials looked at any potential legal liability…
I appreciate the Member giving way. He said that the protocol — or Windsor framework, if he prefers — had nothing to do with Brexit. Would there have been a protocol or Windsor framework if Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK had still been in the EU?
My colleague Patsy McGlone has ably put on record the issues with this, frankly, absurd prayer of annulment, but I will make a couple of additional points. We have here a situation where, I am afraid, the in-denial meet the incompetent. The DUP has tabled a prayer of annulment on, effectively, the continuation of core…
I appreciate the Chairman's giving way. I speak as someone who is not on the Committee. To clarify for the House, is he saying that there has been some kind of legal lacuna since 2021? I am not entirely clear about that from Miss McIlveen's remarks, but it would be helpful if the Chair were to explain to us what…
On a point of order, Mr Speaker. Further to my Member's statement, in my role as leader of the Opposition, I have a particular concern around Ministers' failure to bring oral statements to the House. The Finance Minister is in the Chamber now, but we have now had two monitoring rounds and a draft Budget that should…
I am tempted to respond to some of what Dr Aiken has said — he has said it repeatedly in the Chamber — but I will not, because I have other things to talk about. First of all, I associate myself with your remarks about Andy Allen, Mr Speaker. We should all be proud of Andy's achievements. I also mark, if I may, the…
To ask the Minister of Health, given the decision not to award funding from the Core Grant Funding Scheme 2025-26 to Positive Life NI which is the region’s only dedicated HIV charity, to detail the steps his Department is taking to support HIV prevention, treatment, and awareness.
To ask the Minister of Health, in light of the decision not to award funding from Core Grant Funding Scheme 2025-26 to Positive Life NI, how his Department plans to achieve its commitment to ending HIV transmission in Northern Ireland by 2030.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the rationale for the decision taken in relation to funding for Positive Life NI from the Core Grant Funding Scheme 2025-26.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 18088/22-27, AQW 16105/22-27 and AQW 21318/22-27, when her Department’s response to the Inconsiderate Pavement Parking Findings Report will be published.