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 30996/22-27, to detail the reasons why the total costs incurred by the Loughs Agency staff since its inception cannot be provided.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, pursuant to AQW 30996/22-27, to provide a timeline for when the data will be available.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, in relation to the Loughs Agency, whether his Department has investigated any potential breaches of section 3.2 of the North/South Co-operation (Implementation Bodies) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999, with reference to Annex 2, Part 7, with particular…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister, in light of their statutory obligation to represent the interests of victims, whether an assessment has been made of the impact that recent comments on the BBC Borderland podcast, that IRA murders were justified, has had on victims.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister, in relation to the appointment to the Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission on 3 September 2025, whether the individual (i) met the required standard in; and (ii) passed, all security clearance and vetting processes prior to or during the appointment,…
To ask the Minister of Health to detail (i) the number of press officers in his Department; and (ii) the cost of the same, since the restoration of the Executive in February 2024.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) the number of press officers in her Department; and (ii) the cost of the same, since the restoration of the Executive in February 2024.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the cost of works carried out by contractors, relating to NI Water's wastewater stations, compared to in-house teams carrying out the works, in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure why NI Water prioritises sub-contractors over in-house maintenance teams to carry out the majority of its works.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any consultation he undertook with the Minister of Education prior to circulating the Northern Ireland's draft Climate Action Plan Children and Young People’s Survey.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail who (i) designed; and (ii) commissioned the Northern Ireland's draft Climate Action Plan Children and Young People’s Survey.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail why there is no context provided to the questions contained within the Northern Ireland's draft Climate Action Plan Children and Young People’s Survey.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs what the data collected in the Northern Ireland's draft Climate Action Plan Children and Young People’s Survey will be used for.
Minister, we know that HPAI is caused by an airborne virus. Concerns have been raised with me that it has taken the Department until today to cull the remaining birds on-site. The delay may have allowed the virus to spread, especially during the storm, due to the ventilation in poultry houses. Poultry farmers tell me…
Tomorrow, the European Parliament is expected to pass an amendment to a Bill that would ban the use of meaty terms for vegetarian products. If that should come into law, companies would no longer be allowed to market things such as vegetarian sausage rolls or veggie burgers. That has real consequences for Northern…
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail (i) the number of press officers in his Department; and (ii) the cost of the same, since the restoration of the Executive in February 2024.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) the number of press officers in his Department; and (ii) the cost of the same, since the restoration of the Executive in February 2024.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail (i) the number of press officers in her Department; and (ii) the cost of the same, since the restoration of the Executive in February 2024.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the specific powers that individual local councils hold in relation to the governance and management of Houses of Multiple Occupation.
This evening has been insightful. There has been insight into the mindset of the Alliance Party. As well as hearing "my Minister", we have now found out that the Justice Minister appears still to be in caretaker mode. If the Member for North Belfast wants to tell her that caretaker season is over, we can now get a…
I feel slightly uneasy that, for the second time today, I get to my feet to welcome a statement from the Minister, but there we are. A key component of the delivery and success of the scheme will be the ability of people to work 15 hours per week so that they can work around family life. Due to the cost of childcare,…