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.
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Revised Wording)”
United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Revised Wording) - Amendment 2 At end insert: ‘; and further calls on the Executive to protect those with disabilities from harm by introducing standalone hate crime legislation.’
To ask the Minister of Finance for an overview of her Department’s strategy for utilising the Financial Transactions Capital allocated to the Executive in the 2024-2025 financial year.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether proposals for (i) carbon budgets; and (ii) a climate action plan will be brought to the Executive before the end of 2024.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail the number of civil servants that routinely work in mobile or modular accommodation on the Civil Service estate.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the number of operational taxi licences, broken down by either (i) constituency; or (ii) local council area, in each of the last ten years.
To ask the Minister for Communities for his assessment of whether further investment is needed in the Northern Ireland Football Fund to reflect increased costs.
Minister, in response to a question for written answer from me, you said that you were committed to proceeding with the reform of the reasonable belief defence in rape cases, as per the Gillen review. Specifically, will the reform that you are looking at include a change to the way in which a jury can ascertain in a…
Minister, I was startled by this statement. In the past 20 years, we have had, I think, four reviews of environmental governance and, in that time, we have seen Europe's worst environmental crime at Mobuoy and one of the most startling examples of environmental degradation at Lough Neagh. Your party's 2022 manifesto…
All-Island Rail Fares That this Assembly notes with concern the growing disparity in the cost of rail fares between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland; acknowledges the significant role of affordable public transport in promoting social mobility, reducing carbon emissions, and facilitating economic growth…
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any discussions he has had with (i) his officials; and (ii) the Department of Education in relation to how children, who have been moved a significant distance from their school due to the need to access Housing Executive temporary accommodation, can be supported to minimise…
To ask the Minister for the Economy whether the UK Government has approached his Department to discuss a request for United States of America pre-clearance facilities, as per the Command Paper, Safeguarding the Union.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the busiest train stations in the Greater Belfast area by passenger numbers in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any discussions he has had with (i) his officials; and (ii) the Department of Education in relation to how children, who have been moved a significant distance from their school due to the need to access Housing Executive temporary accommodation, can be supported to…
I thank the Member for giving way. May I suggest, in that case, that he and other parties implore their colleagues to show up and participate in our debates? When we have had four hours to spend, the time has often been used up simply because Members did not turn up to debate. I appreciate that he is not one of those…
I beg to move Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I hope that people will see today as a robust and productive Opposition day, when we have put accountability on the record but also dealt with substantive policy issues. In our final motion of the day, the question that we will debate is not simply a local Belfast issue but…
I am impressed with the Minister's list. I was not suggesting that he had not done any other work. I think that he would note that we have acknowledged that he has taken action and made progress. Since he mentioned Sure Start specifically, I will say that it provides a fantastic service. One thing that it has been…
I appreciate the Member's giving way. On the childcare subsidy scheme, does the Member agree with me — a parent of a young child in childcare — that it is a positive step forward, as we have acknowledged to the Minister, but we need more than that? We need a comprehensive strategy that is a long-term solution, not…
Minister, will you be clear about the announcement that you have said that you will make in the coming weeks? Will you proceed with the Glider route or with additional bus routes? Like North Belfast, South Belfast, particularly along the corridor up the Saintfield Road towards Carryduff, is very congested, and air…
I appreciate the disquisition on the Alliance Party: I am always up for that. However, given the Member's views about the democratic consent process and the scrutiny Committee, does he agree that having some kind of representation in the EU Parliament would be a positive step forward?