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Mr Timothy Gaston: Assembly records
All of Mr Timothy Gaston’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not flagged, uncertain or not yet analysed.
Funding for the school holiday food grant scheme, which provided payments to prevent holiday hunger for around 100,000 children and young people, was withdrawn in March 2023, at a time when we in Northern Ireland were told that we were overspending. At that time, however, it was not acknowledged that, in April 2022,…
The public believe that it is, at best, highly questionable that a former Minister for universities who has produced no academic research of note should be promoted via an exceptional talent pathway that disregards the regular appointment process. There is an obvious conflict of interest there. What will the Minister…
I welcome the opportunity to, once again, condemn the racist attacks that we saw during the summer months. I will support the motion. However, I trust that it will not be a matter of passing another motion that leaves the Assembly with a warm feeling. As legislators, we should aim not just to say nice things but to…
FlaggedImmigration, asylum, race, ethnicity and TravellersCriteria met: Sectarian or communal antagonism, Dog-whistle messaging.
First Minister, following on from the earlier question from the Chairperson of the Executive Office Committee, has there been any discussion about addressing the needs of those who have been missed by the scope of the historical institutional abuse inquiry, including those who suffered at the hands of clerics who…
Yesterday, we remembered the sacrifice for freedom in two world wars and the many who, in spite of the absence of conscription, served with distinction on the battlefields of Europe, Africa and Asia. We remembered the fact that the rights to freedom of speech, to free elections and to freedom of religion had to be…
FlaggedDecided on a second assessment.Legacy of the Troubles, victims and paramilitarismCriteria met: Identity framing.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister why the deputy First Minister or junior Minister Cameron did not attend the Service of Remembrance in Enniskillen on Sunday 10 November.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister, in light of the Strategic Framework to End Violence Against Women and Girls, for their assessment of biological men gaining access to female-only spaces.
FlaggedDecided on a second assessment.Gender, sexuality, abortion and related social issuesCriteria met: Identity framing.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister, given their Department's responsibility for representing the interests of victims, why they did not issue a statement of condemnation following pro-IRA shouting at a memorial event to mark the 1987 Remembrance Day bombing in Enniskillen.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister, in light of the reaction of victims of the 1987 Remembrance Day bombing that the First Minister had been invited to a Service of Remembrance in Enniskillen on Sunday 10 November, to detail any lessons that have been learned by their Department about sensitively…
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the cost to ratepayers of seeking to defend the call-in in Ards and North Down Borough Council in relation to the decision to fly the Union Flag from war memorials in the borough.
The Minister pushes a policy that will result in the slaughter of animals in Northern Ireland and the export of demand to the depleting rainforests of Brazil. Will he tell us how many jobs, he estimates, will be lost in the Northern Ireland agriculture sector if the climate action plan is implemented in its current…
Minister, since the introduction of the protocol, the budget for InterTradeIreland has ballooned by £1·8 million. Can the Minister put his politics aside for a moment and tell us what, if anything, he is doing to support businesses that are trading with the rest of the UK and face the challenges of the Irish Sea…
On a point of order, Mr Speaker, in response to a question from me, the deputy First Minister claimed that the prison buildings at the Maze were listed at the request of the then Secretary of State. Will you require the deputy First Minister to correct the record to reflect the fact that the request for listing the…
FlaggedDecided on a second assessment.Legacy of the Troubles, victims and paramilitarismCriteria met: Controversy escalation.
Deputy First Minister, your party colleague, Lord Dodds, is on record as stating: "However it is dressed up, whatever spin is deployed, the preservation of the H-Blocks – including the hospital wing – would become a shrine to the terrorists who committed suicide in the Maze in the 1980s. That would be obnoxious to the…
FlaggedLegacy of the Troubles, victims and paramilitarismCriteria met: Identity framing, Cultural grievance politics, Dog-whistle messaging, Controversy escalation.
Minister, Westminster has been clear that no additional money is coming from them for Casement Park. Will you confirm that, in your statement today, there is likewise no additional money coming from Stormont and that, indeed, if the GAA wants Casement, it is up to it to fund it?
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister when they were provided with a draft answer from officials to AQW 15820/22-27; and when the question will be answered.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister when they were provided with a draft answer from officials to AQW 15819/22-27; and when the question will be answered.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister when they were provided with a draft answer from officials to AQW 15667/22-27; and when the question will be answered.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister when they were provided with a draft answer from officials to AQW 15666/22-27; and when the question will be answered.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the number of staff that are employed by his Department to work on sanitary and phytosanitary checks.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister when they were provided with a draft answer from officials to AQW 15147/22-27; and when the question will be answered.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister when they were provided with a draft answer from officials to AQW 14970/22-27; and when the question will be answered.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister when they were provided with a draft answer from officials to AQW 14967/22-27; and when the question will be answered.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister when they were provided with a draft answer from officials to AQW 14871/22-27; and when the question will be answered.