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, given that the Loughs Agency has stated that 11 additional posts were created within its existing complement, to detail the steps his Department has taken to independently verify this.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail (i) any enforcement action available to his Department where the Loughs Agency operates outside its approved staffing complement; and (ii) whether any such action has been considered or taken in the last 12 months.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether the Loughs Agency is currently operating within, at or above its approved staffing complement.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail (i) the specific matters that are currently under liaison between his Department, the Loughs Agency and other bodies in relation to staffing; and (ii) whether any breach of the approved staffing complement has been identified.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, given that he previously confirmed that the Loughs Agency must operate within an NSMC-approved staffing complement, and that any changes require formal approval, why, more than a year after this issue was first raised, his Department is still liaising…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail (i) the guidance within his Department in terms of responding to press inquiries from media organisations; and (ii) whether the guidance advises officials to treat GB News, or any other news outlet, differently from others.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, pursuant to AQW 39823/22-27, when a consultancy was commissioned to undertake a Project Forestry Review of the TREES Project, whether (i) at any stage the consultancy expressed an interest in interviewing the manager of the TREES project; (ii) such an…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to provide a detailed breakdown of the total cost of the remedial works at Glenshesk Road, Ballycastle, following the landslide in Easter 2024.
To ask the Minister for Communities, pursuant to AQW 42146/22-27, to detail (i) when his Department sought this assurance; and (ii) any assessment that has been made of the situation, now that assurance has been provided.
I oppose the motion and support the amendment standing in the names of Mr Beattie and Dr Aiken. The motion pays lip service to condemning the regime in Iran, but it should not be lost on anyone in the Chamber that Sinn Féin did not rush to the Business Office to table a motion when tens of thousands of people were…
FlaggedLegacy of the Troubles, victims and paramilitarismCriteria met: Identity framing, Sectarian or communal antagonism, Dog-whistle messaging, Controversy escalation.
I support this pointed motion calling for the Health Minister to bring forward a fully costed and time-bound women's health strategy within the next 12 months and before the end of the mandate. I will begin by referring to a concerning statistic raised recently by my colleague Councillor Anna Henry when speaking about…
Thank you very much, Principal Deputy Speaker. Last week, the public here in Northern Ireland got a further glimpse into why Cantor Fitzgerald pulled out of plans to locate an office here in Belfast. Documents released under the Freedom of Information Act to Sam McBride show that the major American financial services…
FlaggedAnother identity-related subjectCriteria met: Sectarian or communal antagonism, Dog-whistle messaging.
Proposed Investment by Cantor Fitzgerald To ask the Minister for the Economy, in light of Cantor Fitzgerald pulling out of a proposed 300-job investment in Northern Ireland, to outline any assessment that has been made of the implications for Northern Ireland’s reputation for inward investment.
Transactions in Parliament Buildings' Catering Facilities To ask the Assembly Commission, following reports that some transactions made in the catering facilities within Parliament Buildings have been processed as non-UK transactions, whether any taxes arising from those transactions are accounted to HM Revenue and…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to specify any practical actions their Department proposes to take when it identifies what it considers to be misinformation or a harmful narrative, including whether this will involve monitoring, public messaging, engagement with media organisations, or any form of…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail the criteria, guidance or evidential standards that will be used by their Department when identifying or classifying information as misinformation, disinformation or a harmful narrative.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail who in their Department will determine what constitutes misinformation or a harmful narrative for the purposes of the draft Framework for Race Relations.
To ask the Assembly Commission whether any tax arising from purchases made in Parliament Buildings is paid to the Irish Republic rather than the Exchequer of the United Kingdom.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, pursuant to AQW 41777/22-27, to detail whether there is a difference applied to how requests are treated during the process depending on the media organisation involved.
To ask the Assembly Commission why a member of an MLA's staff had their Apple Pay blocked due to a transaction in the Blue Flax restaurant being flagged by his bank as being outside the UK.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of clinicians currently working within gender identity services in Northern Ireland, broken down by (i) specialty; and (ii) Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister of Health to outline any safeguards that exist to ensure that children presenting with gender-related distress receive a full assessment for co-existing mental health, neurodevelopmental or psychosocial conditions prior to referral to gender identity services.