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 appreciate the Member giving way. As an Orwell fan, I am always pleased to talk about Orwell in the Chamber. Will the Member acknowledge that, in '1984', Orwell was talking about a totalitarian society in which one could not use those terms at all? The fact that the Member and other Members have, in the Chamber…
Minister, do you agree with the First Minister's claim that the Executive are wholly behind devoting energy and resource to getting pre-clearance for Belfast International Airport, which would be great in theory but looks vanishingly unlikely in the circumstances? Would your Department's energy not be better focused…
First Minister, as with statements on a lot of other issues, one year on since restoration, the public see words but not delivery at Stormont. Can you confirm when Casement Park will be delivered? How often have you and your colleague raised it with the Communities Minister? When in 2025 will we see the 2024…
Will seeking pre-clearance in that context and with all that it entails seriously be Executive policy? I do not think that any serious observer thinks that it will happen.
I appreciate that, Mr Speaker. I am the leader of the Opposition, and it is my job to hold Ministers accountable. Is this going to be Executive policy —?
First Minister, I am genuinely intrigued to hear that seeking pre-clearance is official Executive policy, in part because it originated from a clandestine bilateral process between the DUP and the UK Government, not the other Executive parties. Secondly, we know that the Trump Administration will be anti-immigration.…
I will speak briefly on the motion and the amendment. When we discuss contentious issues that are subject to some controversy, as this issue clearly is — it would be odd not to acknowledge the fact that it has been the subject of significant public debate in recent years — it is important that we speak with honesty,…
I too want to reflect on the news over the weekend of a ceasefire in Gaza in the Middle East. First, I welcome the fact that the immediate horror of bombs being dropped in Gaza has ended. It is important to say first that the attacks that initiated this latest round of conflict in the Middle East were wholly wrong and…
Mr O'Toole asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister when Casement Park will be built, given that the First Minister said last September that it would happen.
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Unlocking Funding for Childcare Providers”
Unlocking Funding for Childcare Providers - Amendment 1 Leave out all after ‘business support scheme for childcare providers;’and insert: ‘and calls on the Minister for the Economy to work alongside Executive colleagues to expedite the delivery of this vital financial support to childcare providers in financial…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for an update on plans to transfer his Department's land at Newforge to Newforge Sports Complex.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail the a mount of additional revenue raised in the (i) 2020-21; (ii) 2021-22; and (iii) 2022-23 financial year from each of the revenue raising options listed in Appendix D of the Budget Sustainability Plan.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the provision that has been made to allow the free flowing of cyclists as a result of the upgrade of the A24 Saintfield Road and Knockbracken Road junction, Belfast.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the criteria he will use to determine the areas that will receive a Department for Infrastructure-led residents' parking scheme in the next 12 months.
I am pleased that Paula Bradshaw secured the Adjournment debate and hope that we hear from the Minister about what he is doing to support integrated education in South Belfast. Like Paula, I am not going to use the debate as an opportunity to relitigate some of what we robustly debated yesterday and in the days before…
I thank the Member for giving way. He shares my frustration with this place voting through motions that are not acted on. I certainly intend to hold the Minister to account for the delivery of gender-responsive budgeting. She has indicated her broad support for it. The Member can take my assurance that we will hold…
I beg to move Thank you very much, Mr Deputy Speaker. This is the final debate in a series of debates on Opposition day on motions that have focused on violence against women and girls and the broader urgent crisis that we face in this society around tackling violence against and abuse of women. Our motions are…
Minister, you want to get on with it, and I encourage you to get on with it. We have been back for nearly a year. We have not seen the anti-poverty strategy yet, but I am encouraged that you have said that it will be published before the end of the financial year. If it is so important, why was it not mentioned in the…
I thank all those who participated in the first of today's Opposition day motions on violence against women and girls. It has been said repeatedly during the debate that we face a crisis in this society: that is true. I thank all those who participated in the debate and commend colleagues for the seriousness and depth…