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 for Communities to detail all funding provided by his Department and its arm's-length bodies to theatres since the restoration of the Executive in February 2024.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any contact he has had from Ulster University seeking assistance with the funding of the Riverside Theatre.
To ask the Minister of Justice whether any work related to the refurbishment of PSNI Seapark, Carrickfergus, had to be redone due to not meeting required standards.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail (i) when the refurbishment of PSNI Seapark, Carrickfergus, was due to be completed; and (ii) whether this date differs from the projected date when the project commenced.
The Executive's lack of a short-term plan undermines their long-term promises. The maths simply does not add up, and communities are paying the price. Illegal HMOs are adding to the strain. Members may not want to face up to it, but HMOs are pushing up rents in working-class areas. The current system, whereby all HMO…
FlaggedDecided on a second assessment.Immigration, asylum, race, ethnicity and TravellersCriteria met: Sectarian or communal antagonism.
I am happy to support the Member's comment. The housing crisis cannot be solved without first solving the problems with our waste water infrastructure.
Northern Ireland Water says that it needs £640 million this year to fund its investment appropriately, but it has got £321 million. There are 37,000 houses with approved planning permission, but the network has capacity for only 18,000 in specific areas across Northern Ireland. Moreover, 34 areas across 23 towns are…
The promise of 100,000 homes by 2039 rings hollow when we cannot deliver 1,000 social homes this year. Over 44,000 people are on housing waiting lists. In my constituency, families feel the real impact of that inaction, which is worsened by such systematic failures as Northern Ireland Water's inability to support new…
Will the Minister confirm whether the anti-poverty strategy is fully costed and the necessary funding has been ring-fenced across all Departments? What specific, measurable outcomes do the Executive aim to achieve through the strategy and in what time frame?
I pay tribute to two outstanding ambassadors for Northern Ireland: men whose skill, determination and passion have placed them firmly on the world stage and brought immense honour to our Province and to my constituency of North Antrim. First, I extend my warmest congratulations to Michael Dunlop, who has rightly been…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister, pursuant to AQW 28201/22-27, to breakdown the benefits of each trip towards building a globally competitive and sustainable economy.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (i) whether the Loughs Agency has considered introducing mitigation measures within TREES sites, such as leaky dams or willow planting, rather than placing the burden on farmers; and (ii) for the Loughs Agency assessment of whether these nature-based…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (i) for the Loughs Agency assessment of whether the infilling of drains, ditches and ponds at selected TREES sites may undermine the intended function of these nature-based solutions; and (ii) whether the Loughs Agency will consider remedial measures,…
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, pursuant to AQW 27769/22-27, whether the Minister can confirm that the Loughs Agency is now fully cognisant of the need to conserve wetland habitat at the TREES sites and the species at risk therein.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the spend on (i) translation; and (ii) interpreters by his Department and each of its arm's-length bodies since the restoration of the Executive in February 2024.
This legislative consent motion should concern every unionist in the House. The Bill that it concerns gives Westminster Ministers sweeping powers to make regulations not through debate, not by vote and not by parliamentary oversight but by diktat. Why? It is so that Great Britain may, at the discretion of the…
I oppose the draft statutory rule because of how and why the legislation is being brought forward. Let me be clear: these draft regulations are not simply a technical update but part of a broader and far more troubling pattern, which is the ongoing subjugation of Northern Ireland's lawmaking powers by the European…
Minister, a number of months ago, Colin Crawford and I hosted the Education Minister at Castle Tower School in Ballymena. The principal is keen to pilot a scheme similar to that for colleges, which is set out in your statement, but it requires the buy-in from the Department of Education, the Department of Health and…