4,198 of 97,616 records that can be analysed have been assessed so far (4.3%); 92,318 are waiting for analysis and 1,100 failed and will be retried. Totals and rankings will change as the remaining records are processed, so they do not yet represent the full mandate. How much has been processed
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.
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Reiterating Unconditional Support for the Rule of Law”
Reiterating Unconditional Support for the Rule of Law ‘; and calls on the deputy First Minister to resign and thereby remove the First Minister from office.’
To ask the Minister for Communities to outline the number of flexi hours accrued by staff from his Department's arms-length bodies, including the Housing Executive, for attending Pride parades in each of the last five years.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail (i) how their Department assesses whether statutory bodies collect sufficient information to identify racial inequalities in access to services and outcomes; (ii) any gaps identified; (iii) the action agreed with the relevant departments to address those…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister, in relation to racial equality and good relations funding programmes, to detail (i) the number of applicants and successful applicants in the (a) 2023-24; (b) 2024-25; and (c) 2025-26, financial year; (ii) the proportion of funding awarded to repeat and first-time…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail (i) who is responsible within their Department for monitoring delivery by councils and other funded bodies; (ii) how frequently performance is reviewed; (iii) the action taken where agreed outcomes or reporting requirements are not met; and (iv) the number…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail (i) how project evaluations are considered alongside the existing Good Relations Indicators and relevant administrative data; (ii) how the experiences of people who do not participate in funded programmes are captured through safe and accessible engagement;…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister, in relation to participant questionnaires used to measure good relations project outcomes, to detail (i) the response rates and sample sizes underpinning published findings; (ii) how incomplete responses and participants leaving programmes are accounted for; (iii)…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail (i) the measures used to assess value for money in racial equality and good relations programmes; (ii) whether these include costs per participant and evidence of sustained outcomes; (iii) how performance is compared across programmes; and (iv) how these…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail (i) the criteria used to allocate good relations funding across local councils; (ii) how these criteria take account of deprivation, sectarianism, racism, intimidation and barriers to participation; (iii) any assessment of whether allocations reflect…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail the funding allocated to, and expenditure incurred on, racial equality and good relations programmes in the (i) 2023-24 (ii) 2024-25; and (iii) 2025-26 financial year, broken down by (a) programme; (b) recipient or delivery body; (c) departmental…
To ask the Minister of Justice whether she will raise with the Chief Constable the need for a time-limited pilot, including timescales, within the Domestic Violence and Abuse Disclosure Scheme under which (i) every application has a named owner until conclusion, including where information is sought from another…
To ask the Minister of Justice (i) whether the PSNI records, as distinct and searchable categories, (a) Domestic Violence and Abuse Disclosure Scheme applications involving another jurisdiction; (b) applications superseded by a criminal investigation; and (c) the dates required to measure performance against the…
On a point of order, Madam Principal Deputy Speaker. I have been called some names in the Chamber today, but I put on record that I do like "Reverend Gaston", so when you are responding, it is "Reverend Gaston".
There is an old proverb that says, "Time proves all things", and, my oh my, when one looks back at the St Andrews Agreement, is that not the truth? Consider what was said about the St Andrews Agreement and how it was mis-sold to unionists. Twenty years ago to this very day, the then DUP leader, Dr Paisley, issued a…
Yesterday, I reminded the House of the character reference that comes with the convicted terrorist Breandán Mac Cionnaith, whom nationalism has enthroned as the chief constable of the Garvaghy Road. Breandán Mac Cionnaith is the man who bombed the heart out of Portadown. He is the man who has led Sinn Féin, the…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail (i) any steps they are taking to ensure the timely payment of compensation to individuals who have accepted settlement offers arising from the Executive Office data breach; (ii) the number of claimants who have accepted offers that are currently awaiting…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail (i) how the PSNI handles an application under the Domestic Violence and Abuse Disclosure Scheme where the subject lives, or their history is held, in England and Wales, Scotland or Ireland; (ii) whether any protocol or memorandum of understanding governs…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister, in relation to the Framework for Race Relations and the proposed new Good Relations Framework, to detail (i) their current status and any remaining timescales for final approval and publication; (ii) whether each will have a published, costed delivery plan; (iii)…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister, in relation to the Strategic Framework to End Violence Against Women and Girls 2024–2031 and its Delivery Plan 2026–2028, to detail (i) whether the Domestic Violence and Abuse Disclosure Scheme is reflected in the Framework or Delivery Plan; (ii) any engagement with…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail (i) a list of the areas that have been deemed eligible for Communities in Transition funding but are not currently receiving funding; and (ii) the basis upon which those areas were assessed as eligible.
Thank you very much, Mr Speaker. We have heard a lot of hot air in the debate from the Benches to my left and certainly from Sinn Féin MLAs who say that they cannot live with or abide an Orangeman about the place. What they have spoken about is some parallel universe that they live in where reality and perception do…
I beg to move Thank you very much, Mr Speaker. Northern Ireland is at a crossroads. As the public watch on to see what happens in the House tonight, it will be a defining moment for confidence in the Executive. If we cast our minds back to the events in Portadown over the past number of weeks, we see that, ultimately,…