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.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for his assessment of the percentage of pollutants, resulting in the growth of blue-green algae at Lough Neagh, for which departments and their agencies are responsible.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister (i) to detail the funding provided by their Department and its arm's-length bodies to the Rainbow Project in each of the last five years; and (ii) whether they will review this funding in light of evidence provided at the meeting of the Committee for Education on 16…
To ask the Assembly Commission, pursuant to AQW 16723/22-27, (i) to detail the expected time frame for the examination; and (ii) whether the Assembly Commission will commit to publishing the findings of the examination in full.
To ask the Minister of Justice (i) to detail the funding provided by her Department and its arm's-length bodies to the Rainbow Project in each of the last five years; and (ii) whether she will review this funding in light of evidence provided at the meeting of the Committee for Education on 16 October 2024, in which…
To ask the Minister of Health (i) to detail the funding provided by his Department and its arm's-length bodies to the Rainbow Project in each of the last five years; and (ii) whether he will review this funding in light of evidence provided at the meeting of the Committee for Education on 16 October 2024, in which it…
To ask the Minister of Education (i) to detail the funding provided by his Department and its arm's-length bodies to the Rainbow Project in each of the last five years; and (ii) whether he will review this funding in light of evidence provided at the meeting of the Committee for Education on 16 October 2024, in which…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to list any individuals who travelled with the First Minister in her ministerial car, on non-ministerial business, including the number of occasions.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to list any declarations of interest declared by the First Minister relating to the work of the Executive Office on the Tackling Paramilitarism, Criminality and Organised Crime Programme
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail the number of people employed as lecturers in (i) Queen’s University Belfast; and (ii) the Ulster University as a result of coming from an exceptional talent pool which resulted in no formal recruitment process, in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister for the Economy for his assessment of whether there is a conflict of interest in a former Minister, who had policy remit for higher education, being employed by a university without a formal recruitment process.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any action his Department is taking to remove Palestinian flags obscuring traffic lights on Garvaghy Road, Portadown.
During my 11 years of involvement in politics, at local government level and now in central government, housing has been by far the number-one issue that I have encountered. Housing availability in North Antrim has been at a critical level for a number of years, as there are simply not enough houses being built to…
I feel the need to remind the House that if we are going to talk about the ongoing presence of paramilitary organisations, we need to address the elephant in the room, which is the IRA army council that oversees Sinn Féin. The motion, which, I believe, was written with the best of intentions, is calling on the First…
FlaggedLegacy of the Troubles, victims and paramilitarismCriteria met: Dog-whistle messaging.
Two weeks ago, the First Minister became embroiled in the Michael McMonagle scandal. While the Dáil has found time for a debate on the issue today, MLAs in this Chamber had a mere 30 minutes to question the First Minister. Many of those questions remain unanswered and, indeed, need serious scrutiny. We heard plenty of…
To ask the Minister of Health for his assessment of whether the eight new surgical beds in Antrim Area Hospital will be sufficient to meet demand if emergency surgery no longer takes place at the Causeway Hospital.
To ask the Minister of Health (i) to detail the number of babies born in ambulances parked in hospital grounds in each of the last three years, broken down by hospital; and (ii) to detail the (a) average time; and (ii) longest time the mother spent in the ambulance in each case, broken down by hospital.
I begin by commending the Members who tabled this motion on a very important matter and, indeed, the Alliance Party for its sensible amendment. The Northern Ireland Children's Hospice does vital work that is, sadly, often overlooked by this place. It is left to community, grassroots organisations to raise the money…
As I understand it, at present no one in Northern Ireland grows hops. The principal reason, therefore, for the regulations is to give DAERA the power to conduct checks on third-country hops entering Northern Ireland to ensure that they are compliant with EU rules on third-country hops entering the EU single market. As…
FlaggedConstitutional question, Brexit, the Windsor Framework and sovereigntyCriteria met: Identity framing.
Part 4 of the legislation references some assimilated EU law, which, unlike three other areas of law, we thankfully will now have control over. That having been said, I note that there is a cross reference to the Windsor framework, because emissions relate to product approval, which is a matter of EU law. Although the…
Confidence in Assembly Commission Passes To ask the Assembly Commission what measures they will take to ensure there is public confidence in their investigation into matters relating to Michael McMonagle.