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 whether his Department is considering any reduction, capping or reform of bovine TB compensation payments to affected farmers.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether his Department is currently (i) preparing; and (ii) seeking, tenders or contracts in relation to the (a) development; and (b) pre-development of Casement Park.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any preparation his Department is currently engaged in in relation to the (i) development; and (ii) pre-development, of Casement Park, including the date all actions were initiated.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the financial commitment his Department is budgeting for in relation to Casement Park in (i) the remainder of the 2025/26 financial year; and (ii) the 2026/27 financial year.
To ask the Minister of Health whether he will commit to (i) laying the final Cass report before the Assembly upon publication; and (ii) detailing the cost of the report.
To ask the Minister of Health, following the report in the News Letter on 14 January 2026 in relation to the assessment of gender identity services provision in Northern Ireland carried out by Baroness Hilary Cass, to detail (i) what is meant by describing the visit by Baroness Cass and her team as the beginning of a…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (i) to publish the annual number of bovine TB reactors and herd breakdowns in Northern Ireland for each of the last five years; and (ii) to detail any assessment his Department has made of the trend over that period.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail (i) the number of cattle that were deemed to have failed statutory bovine TB tests in Northern Ireland during 2025; and (ii) the number of herds this involved.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail (i) the number of farms currently subject to bovine TB movement restrictions in Northern Ireland; and (ii) how this figure compares with the equivalent date in each of the last five years.
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Executive Progress”
Executive Progress - Amendment 3 Leave out all after ‘caused by’ and insert: ‘a flawed system of government created by the Belfast Agreement, which entrenches division, incentivises veto and paralysis, and requires the participation of parties opposed to the continued existence of Northern Ireland; believes that the…
Ulster Banner at the Commonwealth Games To ask the Minister for Communities, in light of recent controversy generated by Commonwealth Games Northern Ireland in relation to suggestions of a move away from the use of the Ulster Banner as Northern Ireland’s flag at the Commonwealth Games, whether such a move would have…
Use of the Ulster Banner as Northern Ireland's Flag at the Commonwealth Games
Uncertain: close callStill uncertain after a second assessment.Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorialsCriteria met: Identity framing, Cultural grievance politics, Controversy escalation.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail all groups which include transwomen that received funding under the Strategic Framework to End Violence against Women and Girls, broken down by the amount awarded in each case.
To ask the Minister of Health whether any clinical practices currently used in Northern Ireland have been identified by Baroness Cass as requiring cessation or restriction.
To ask the Minister of Health, following the report in the News Letter on 14 January 2026 in relation to the assessment of gender identity services provision in Northern Ireland carried out by Baroness Hilary Cass, to detail what is meant in practice by aligning Northern Ireland services with those in England, and…
To ask the Minister of Health (i) whether the recommendations from Baroness Cass relating to Northern Ireland are advisory or binding in nature; and (ii) whether he retains discretion to reject or modify any recommendation following the final report.
To ask the Minister of Health (i) whether the draft report submitted by Baroness Hilary Cass has been shared in full with his Department; and (ii) , in light of media coverage of its content, whether he will publish the draft report, in whole or in part, prior to the final report being issued in the interests of…
The motion addresses something that goes to the very heart of daily life in Northern Ireland. The European Union intends to introduce, from 1 July 2026, a new customs fee on small parcels. That decision was taken not by Members of the Assembly or by Members of Parliament, and it certainly was not taken by the people…
It would appear, from reading the statement, that at no stage during the summit did the Northern Ireland delegation raise the most pressing problem that faces Northern Ireland in the context of the British Isles, namely the border in the Irish Sea, which, day by day, erodes our Union. That is not mentioned at all in…
The prospect of Northern Ireland's going to the Commonwealth Games without a flag due to the politicking of the local Commonwealth Games Association amounts to outrageous interference in a settled position. The Ulster banner has proudly represented us at the games since 1934. Why change it now? The simple fact of the…
FlaggedDecided on a second assessment.Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorialsCriteria met: Identity framing, Cultural grievance politics, Controversy escalation.
Proposal by the Northern Ireland Commonwealth Games Council regarding the removal of the Ulster Banner as Northern Ireland’s flag at the Commonwealth Games
Uncertain: close callStill uncertain after a second assessment.Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorialsCriteria met: Cultural grievance politics, Controversy escalation.