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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 qualifying, uncertain or not yet analysed.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the percentage of the total budget assigned to each of the DFI Roads divisions which was spent on works associated with maintenance of the road network.
While I support the motion, I am concerned by the way in which it talks around the presenting issue without actually naming it. While hauliers remain concerned about the operation of the Irish Sea border in the round, the issue that they particularly highlight is their concern about the imminent arrival of the Irish…
I have been involved in the Mid and East Antrim Borough Council projects since the work on the Belfast region city deal started eight years ago. If the Causeway Coast and Glens growth deal and the Mid South West region growth deal do not proceed in the current time frames, or, indeed, do not proceed at all, who will…
It certainly is. It is where I am going with my question. Last year, Mid and East Antrim Borough Council set a business rate with a staggering increase of 11·86%. Is the move that I refer to in the Minister's Department a safeguard being brought in by the Department of Finance to protect businesses from that happening…
Thank you. Twenty-five million pounds is some way short of the £57·2 million that, the Minister told us, we received, which means that £32 million is being spent elsewhere. We see much chest beating about what we are doing for childcare: why are parents being short-changed, and why is that money being diverted…
I thank the Minister for his answer. We have heard much talk about the problem with the computer system. Why did that problem not arise when we broke parity on the bedroom tax?
Last week, in evidence at the Executive Office Committee, the Equality Commission suggested that transgender rights are a gap in equality legislation. In Scotland, there was a ridiculous situation where a rapist was held in a female prison before, rightly, being moved. Is there anything in the strategy to defend…
I welcome the news that His Majesty's Government have finally called time on the much-sought-after fairy tale that is building Casement in time for the Euros. This is a project that was ill-conceived from day 1, with huge opposition from local residents, which resulted in years of delay. The project lost the run of…
Mr Gaston asked the Minister of Finance to confirm whether, as he understands it, her Department has commissioned Ulster University to carry out work on who is best placed to set non-domestic rates going forward, with a view to having business rates simply set by the Executive, and to outline when she expects that…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail (i) each EU law referenced in Annex 2 of the Northern Ireland Protocol which impacts the work of their Department; (ii) each such EU law adopted since the publication of Annex 2 which impacts the work of their Department; and (iii) each EU law which has…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister whether there is a legislative or practical impact on their Department and its responsibilities as a result of the Command Paper, Safeguarding the Union.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) whether he intends to continue his No Mow May policy in 2025; and (ii) whether any local section offices raised safety concerns in relation to the late commencement of grass cutting.
To ask the Minister of Health, given that it is five years since the Reshaping Stroke Care Consultation, (i) to detail the (a) scanning; (b) thrombolysis or clot busting drugs; (c) occupational therapy; (d) physiotherapy; (e) speech and language therapy; and (f) discharge processes grade for each stroke service…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) when the basic annual payment for foster parents was last increased; and (ii) what plans there are to review and increase the payment.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) those from his Department, or in connection with his Department, that travelled to the United States of America at a cost to the public purse for St Patrick's Day events in March 2024; and (ii) the overall cost to the public purse, broken down by (a) travel; (b)…
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail the number of visits by potential foreign direct investors that took place in (i) Moyle; (ii) Ballymoney; (iii) Ballymena; (iv) Carrickfergus; and (v) Larne, in each of the last ten years.
To ask the Minister for Communities (i) to detail the most recent Project Assessment Review of the Casement Park project; (ii) whether there has been a Project Assessment Review carried out since July 2019, when a review produced a delivery confidence level of Amber and Red; and (iii) when the next Project Assessment…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail (i) those from their Department, or in connection with their Department, that travelled to the United States of America at a cost to the public purse for St Patrick's Day events in March 2024; and (ii) the overall cost to the public purse, broken down by…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail why an official record was not kept of material relevant to the Covid-19 Inquiry from devices used by officials and Ministers; and whether this practice continues.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of hospital beds that have been available in each financial year since 2006-07, broken down by hospital.
To ask the Minister for Communities, as a consequence of the designation of Irish as an official language in the Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Act 2022, for his assessment that Irish no longer meets the qualifying definition under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.