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.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail (i) the number of staff in her Department's arm's-length bodies that currently work from home (a) all week; and (b) part of the week; and (ii) how this compares to the figures on 1 November in each of the last six years.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail (i) the number of staff in her Department that currently work from home (a) all week; and (b) part of the week; and (ii) how this compares to the figures on 1 November in each of the last six years.
Thank you very much, Deputy Speaker. I will be as prompt and as quick as I can. In Mr O'Toole's opening remarks, he talked about reform. I will go back to the points that I made in proposing the amendment. There is an obsession with reinventing the wheel, but you cannot and should not have to do that, because the…
FlaggedSectarianism, hate crime and community relationsCriteria met: Identity framing, Sectarian or communal antagonism, Dog-whistle messaging, Controversy escalation.
Thank you very much for giving way. The mechanisms are in place. The problem is that the Assembly chooses not to use them. That is the crux of my amendment. The 2021 Act brought in provisions to ensure that the Assembly and the commissioner can use powers to hold people to account. However, in the past, the Assembly…
Thank you very much, Mr Deputy Speaker. Through necessity, there will be a degree of overlap in some of my comments on the earlier motion and this one, given that the earlier motion dealt with the exclusion of a specific Minister, while this one deals with how Ministers can be removed from office and held accountable…
Yesterday's resignations at the very top of the BBC are the public implosion of a myth. The BBC claims to be the gold standard of journalism, yet the public have known for years that that is nonsense. Now, the BBC's leaked internal report shows that even it agrees. Why did the director general and the head of news…
FlaggedSectarianism, hate crime and community relationsCriteria met: Identity framing, Cultural grievance politics, Dog-whistle messaging, Controversy escalation.
— with Gerry Carroll writing the script. Do not worry, Pat, once I get to you, I will certainly give way. I will give way to you, Pat, and I hope that you will do the same for me the next time. You are nothing but a hypocrite. When I get to you, I will certainly give way. My goodness, we have Gerry Carroll writing the…
FlaggedLegacy of the Troubles, victims and paramilitarismCriteria met: Dog-whistle messaging, Controversy escalation.
I want to make it clear from the start of my comments that the motion is not about justice, it is not about principle, and it is certainly not about integrity. The motion is Punch and Judy politics, and, my goodness, it is a poor attempt at that. What we are witnessing today —
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail the number of death certificates that have been issued for babies which were born alive after an abortion procedure.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether any members of the management team at the Loughs Agency have been suspended pending investigation of issues relating to staffing in the last five years.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, pursuant to previous answers in relation to the Loughs Agency, whether the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications in the Republic of Ireland and the North South Ministerial…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the number of (i) disabled parking bays; and (ii) standard parking bays, that have been installed and marked but cannot currently be enforced due to the absence of the requisite secondary legislation.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to publish a list of locations where parking bays have been installed and marked but remain unenforceable pending legislative completion.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any interim measures being taken to ensure disabled motorists are not disadvantaged in locations where disabled bays are installed but cannot be enforced.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) when her Department first became aware that the disabled bay on High Street, Ballymoney, was operational without legislative backing; and (ii) the immediate action that was taken upon that realisation.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to provide a timeline for (i) when the necessary legislation will be made to regularise the disabled and other parking bays on High Street, Ballymoney; and (ii) when all similar locations across Northern Ireland will be brought into legislative compliance.
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Holding Ministers to Account”
Holding Ministers to Account - Amendment 2 Leave out all after ‘First Minister and deputy First Minister’ and insert: ‘to respect the role of the Commissioner for Standards when it comes to investigating breaches of the Ministerial Code as required by section 5 of the Functioning of Government (Miscellaneous…