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, pursuant to AQW 24763/22-27, in which he advised that his Department is responsible for the development and licensing of aquaculture in Northern Ireland, and AQW 43758/22-27, in which he advised he has no plans to commission a Job Evaluation and…
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 42144/22-27, to detail (i) when the introduction of self-identified gender fields within Health and Social Care systems was authorised; and (ii) who authorised this.
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 42144/22-27, whether (i) his Department; (ii) Health and Social Care Trusts; and (iii) any of his Department's arm's-length bodies, engaged with (a) Stonewall; (b) the Rainbow Project; and (c) any other LGBT+ organisation, on the subject of self-identified gender fields…
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 42144/22-27, whether it is departmental policy that biological sex will be recorded in all Health and Social Care systems as a mandatory field.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether he will commission a Job Evaluation and Grading Support review of all posts, including the Grade 7 Head of Science, within the science team of the Loughs Agency.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) Translink's policy regarding the provision of printed timetables at railway stations, including City Hospital station; and (ii) any alternative arrangements in place to ensure passengers without access to mobile devices can obtain accurate and up-to-date service…
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 42144/22-27, to detail any assessment his Department has made of the impact on clinical decision-making, patient safety and screening programmes arising from different systems recording either biological sex or self-identified gender.
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 42144/22-27, to detail (i) when the review into how sex and gender data is recorded across Health and Social Care systems commenced; (ii) what prompted this review; and (iii) when the review is expected to conclude.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, pursuant to several Assembly Questions in relation to the Loughs Agency acting outside its staff complement, to detail the cost, in each year since 2021, of employing additional staff without approval, including (i) salary; (ii) ERNIC payments; (iii)…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, following the joint letter dated 25 July 2025 from his Department and the Republic of Ireland Department, to detail the Loughs Agency response to the request to provide any evidence regarding approval for additional posts outside of the Agency’s NSMC…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, following the joint letter dated 25 July 2025 from his Department and the Republic of Ireland department, to detail the Loughs Agency response to the request to provide a summary of the Agency’s interpretation of its approved staffing complement, along…
I accept that it has led to an increase in the price and in the cost of living, but the cost-of-living crisis did not begin only a month ago. Fuel prices have risen since the conflict began, but that does not change the underlying reality that over 50% of the price of every tank of fuel is not driven up by Donald…
Opposition day can always bring out the best in the Executive. Indeed, we have already seen the Executive parties knocking lumps out of one another. What the motion also does is expose the SDLP. One could be forgiven for forgetting that the SDLP at Westminster sits on the Back Benches with the Labour Government. The…
Last year, I wrote to the UK Security Minister seeking clarity on whether the current Police Ombudsman was subject to developed vetting, whether that clearance remained active and what safeguards applied to the accessing of highly sensitive or national security-related material. The response failed to answer those…
Last week, the Assembly failed to support a motion to cost the net zero madness that each Department is chasing. One week later, we have the Ulster Unionist Party, which wants to simply tinker with the climate change targets, now pushing the debate to create the most expensive form of green energy. I cannot help but…
I have listened intently to what some Members have said, but is this not the same argument that we heard for hydrogen, which is that it could be used as a blend for natural gas? Is this the new hydrogen? Is this the new way in which the Assembly wants to head?
My office was contacted recently by a constituent whose family member had two spells in the South West Acute Hospital. In spite of being in hospital for over a week and a half, the lady was never admitted to a ward, spending the entire stay either on a trolley or in a chair in A&E. In the final few days, she was in a…
Minister, your draft climate action plan stipulates a reduction by 2030 of 18% in dairy cattle, 17% in beef cattle and 18% in sheep, pigs and poultry. Can you give the agriculture industry·— remember: that is the one that you are meant to champion — a commitment that your action plan will not include stock cuts?
I will make a number of general points about the Bill and seek further clarity from the Minister on why it was introduced. At a surface level, there is much in the Bill that will find favour with the House. There is a degree of common sense in clause 5, which raises the minimum age for marriage from 16 to 18. We…
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