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, this question specifically relates to Belfast. I welcome Michael Stewart's appointment. Right in the middle of the Cathedral Quarter, which is our key hospitality district for not just Belfast but the entire region, a huge stretch of dereliction has been facilitated either by default or design over the past…
First Minister, I appreciate those general answers, but I was asking specifically about Tribeca. North Street is a disaster. Members of both our parties, including, I think, you, have met the developers. If Belfast City Council and others cannot progress the project up to and including the acquisition vesting of all…
First Minister, I welcome the fact that you are going to meet the board. Obviously, we now have junior Ministers for meetings, and those meetings are happening, but it has also been the case that the members of the board of the Maze/Long Kesh Development Corporation, with all due respect to them, are, effectively,…
I have two specific personal connections or reasons to be particularly interested in the subject. I will come on to a couple of comments about the text of the motion in a little while. First, I represent South Belfast, and my constituency office is on University Street. I am a stone's throw from Queen's University,…
I am intrigued as to why the Member thinks that we are being negative in a motion that is about a public policy problem. It talks specifically about a strategy to reduce the number of people leaving Northern Ireland. That is the solution that we are looking for. We want to increase the number of student places and…
Mr O'Toole asked the First Minister and deputy First Minister, after saying that he can be robust in opposition while sincerely respecting the fact that they are trying hard to put the best foot forward for this region in order to encourage investment in and a positive perception of this place but that, unfortunately,…
To ask the Minister of Justice (i) whether she has received detailed legal advice on the High Court judgment on the Justice (Sexual Offences and Trafficking Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022; and (ii) when she will update the Assembly on her plans.
To ask the Minister of Finance when her Department will publish proposals for changes in our domestic and business rates system based on the consultation that took place between November 2023 and February 2024.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail when they will (i) publish the responses to the public consultation on a review of the Race Relations (Northern Ireland)) Order 1997; and (ii) bring forward policy proposals.
To ask the Minister of Finance whether she has raised the issue of the funding of Casement Park in any meeting with the Chief Secretary to HM Treasury.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for his assessment of binding nature restoration targets in Northern Ireland which at least meet targets set in the EU Nature Restoration Law.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the external groups he has met since coming into office in relation to the (i) anti-poverty strategy; (ii) disability strategy; (iii) gender strategy; and (iv) sexual orientation strategy, as set out in New Decade, New Approach.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister whether they raised the issue of the funding of Casement Park in their meeting with the Prime Minister on 5 February 2024.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the number of individuals prosecuted under Article 7 of the Water (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 in each of the last five years.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the amount of Cross-Compliance penalty fines imposed in each of the last five years.
I am pleased to speak in the final SDLP Opposition day motion of the term. Soon, in a week or two, we will be in recess. The purpose of the motion is to highlight and underpin what we share on this island and the potential to share more in a way that maximises tourism potential, but I will underscore what was said by…
I think that some colleagues know what I am about to intervene on. Is the Member aware that, in the past four years, we have spent £10 million on subsidising and trying to get long-haul routes out of Belfast International Airport, and it has not worked. Although I do not disagree with the aspiration, it would appear…