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 Health, pursuant to my supplementary question to the Urgent Oral Question in the Assembly on Monday 20 October 2025, to detail any action that has been taken to prevent a repeat of such incidents.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, pursuant to AQW 31577/22-27, to detail (i) why his answer does not include the investigation report relating to the TREES project, which an independent consultant was commissioned to undertake; (ii) the cost, including VAT, of this investigation…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister for their assessment of whether the absence of an agreed definition of a woman has any impact on groups awarded funding through the Ending Violence Against Women and Girls Local Change Fund.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the amount of money that has been saved on electricity by the Causeway Hospital since solar panels were installed; and (ii) the cost of installing the solar panels.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the number of operating theatres, broken down by hospital; and (ii) the number of these theatres that are currently operative.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the current average waiting time for patients with rheumatoid arthritis to have their regular six monthly appointment, broken down by Health and Social Care Trust.
To ask the Minister for the Economy, given that the Oil Firing Technical Association and the UK and Ireland Fuel Distributors Association have demonstrated the use of Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil in 150 domestic and non-domestic properties without modifications to existing heating systems, to detail any assessment his…
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any discussions that have taken place in relation to upgrading the infrastructure for the new build for Cullybackey College.
To ask the Minister for Communities whether his Department will assess the potential implementation of a renewable liquid heating fuel obligation, including (i) his Department’s estimates for the resulting carbon savings in tonnes per year; and (ii) potential contribution to the 2030 climate targets outlined in the…
To ask the Minister for Communities, in light of research indicating that households using heating oil incur lower running costs than those using natural gas or heat pumps, to detail any measures his Department will take to ensure that decarbonisation policies do not disproportionately increase costs for low and…
Thank you, Principal — or Deputy Speaker, should I say? I elevated you there. The motion is topical, as the Executive scramble to solve some of their money woes and we approach the point of struggling to keep the lights on and services functioning. For me, the motion touches on four groups of people who give context…
In a meeting last week, the Assistant Chief Constable outlined that the estimated collective cost to deal with the data breach will be in the region of £110 million. Due to the money not being available, it is now estimated that it will cost between £220 million and £330 million, if claims are taken individually. Is…
Minister, I welcome your statement, and, from raising local issues with you, I know that you are well across the concerns that illegal HMOs have caused in my constituency, particularly in the Clonavon area of Ballymena. If it is believed that illegal HMOs are in operation in an area, does the legislation allow…
I want to address something that has become all too clear in the House: the complete lack of accountability from those who claim to lead. Yesterday, we witnessed two appalling examples. During Question Time, I asked the First Minister a simple question about the Enniskillen Poppy Day massacre: was Enniskillen an…
To ask the Assembly Commission to detail the number of occasions that toilet facilities in Parliament Buildings have flooded due to taps being left on in the last 12 months.
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 32561/22-27, why a conflict of interest was not considered, given that many of the groups are campaigners for transgenderism.
FlaggedGender, sexuality, abortion and related social issuesCriteria met: Dog-whistle messaging.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the total financial commitment by his Department, and its arm's-length bodies, to Extern's Community Crisis Intervention Service in Foyle in each of the last ten years.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, pursuant to AQW 31905/22-27, how, without involving the Northern Ireland Audit Office, he will ensure a transparent and impartial investigation of (i) how the Loughs Agency was able to recruit unapproved staff members without approval; (ii) how those…
To ask the Minister for Communities, given the draft Northern Ireland Climate Action Plan for residential buildings primarily promotes electrification and a switch to natural gas, to detail any assessment his Department has undertaken of the potential for introducing a Renewable Liquid Heating Fuel Obligation, similar…
Minister, earlier today, I was contacted by Kerry O'Neill, who, at the weekend, was in the South West Acute Hospital. Unable to sit, and, in the absence of a trolley or bed, she was reduced to lying on the floor. It is concerning to see that happen in the same week that you launched your winter preparedness plan. That…
Individual councils appear to be making their own plans to mark the semiquincentennial of the Declaration of Independence. What work is the Minister's Department doing to ensure that there will be an overarching and joined-up approach to ensuring that our landmarks with links to the United States of America in such…