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.
Motion Amendment · Private Members' Motion · to “Opposing Plans for the Nutrients Action Programme 2026-2029”
Opposing Plans for the Nutrients Action Programme 2026-2029 - Amendment 3 Leave out all after ‘wastewater treatment;’ and insert: ‘notes that many farmers are already taking voluntary steps to improve nutrient management and water quality, often without adequate support, and that any future policy must be backed by…
To ask the Minister of Justice to publish the (i) outcomes; and (ii) benefits to his Department from each overseas trip taken since the restoration of the Executive in February 2024.
To ask the Minister of Health to publish the (i) outcomes; and (ii) benefits to his Department from each overseas trip taken since the restoration of the Executive in February 2024.
To ask the Minister of Finance to publish the (i) outcomes; and (ii) benefits to his Department from each overseas trip taken since the restoration of the Executive in February 2024.
To ask the Minister of Education to publish the (i) outcomes; and (ii) benefits to his Department from each overseas trip taken since the restoration of the Executive in February 2024.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to publish the (i) outcomes; and (ii) benefits to her Department from each overseas trip taken since the restoration of the Executive in February 2024.
To ask the Minister of Finance how he reconciles the duty of the Northern Ireland Civil Service to remain apolitical with the decision to take part in this year’s Belfast Pride, particularly in light of Belfast Pride's decision to ban political parties following the Executive’s decision in relation to puberty blockers.
FlaggedDecided on a second assessment.Gender, sexuality, abortion and related social issuesCriteria met: Controversy escalation.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail any consideration given to the views of civil servants, both Protestant and Roman Catholic, who hold conscientious or faith-based objections to Belfast Pride when the Northern Ireland Civil Service made the decision to participate in this year’s event.
FlaggedDecided on a second assessment.Gender, sexuality, abortion and related social issuesCriteria met: Controversy escalation.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail the projected cost to the public purse in relation to the Northern Ireland Civil Service participation in Belfast Pride, broken down by (i) registration fees; (ii) branded materials, including specific nature of branding; and (iii) staff time.
To ask the Minister of Finance, in light of the Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS) decision to participate corporately in Belfast Pride, whether NICS staff will be permitted, as NICS staff, to take part in other events such as pro-life marches.
FlaggedDecided on a second assessment.Gender, sexuality, abortion and related social issuesCriteria met: Cultural grievance politics.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to publish the (i) outcomes; and (ii) benefits to her Department from each overseas trip taken since the restoration of the Executive in February 2024.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to publish the (i) outcomes; and (ii) benefits to their Department from each overseas trip taken since the restoration of the Executive in February 2024.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister whether they will engage with Executive colleagues in relation to the publication of an annual report to detail the costs and benefits to Northern Ireland arising from international travel by Ministers and officials.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether climate change-related travel is being offset or accounted for in his Department’s carbon commitments.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to publish the (i) outcomes; and (ii) benefits to his Department from each overseas trip taken since the restoration of the Executive in February 2024.
To ask the Minister for Communities to publish the (i) outcomes; and (ii) benefits to his Department from each overseas trip taken since the restoration of the Executive in February 2024.
Minister, last Thursday, in Greenmount, I stood with over 900 farmers who are concerned by the apocalyptic cuts that will result from your nutrients action programme proposals to destock farms. How can you morally put forward proposals that will destroy farming and rob the next generation of their right to inherit a…
I begin by drawing Members' attention to the total resource and capital expenditure on page vii of the Main Estimates document. It amounts to some £30·8 billion for services in Northern Ireland. Leaving out the non-cash items, the net requirement is some £27·4 billion. We should keep that figure in mind every time…
Minister, you said in your statement: "As an Assembly, we have committed to taking action to tackle the climate crisis and reduce emissions across all sectors, including transport." Minister, do you recognise that many people will regard that comment as hypocritical, when Stormont Departments have run up a bill of…
Through a series of questions for written answer, I have established that, in little over a year, Stormont Departments have spent over £470,000 on travel outside the British Isles. That is nearly half a million pounds of public money being spent in just over 12 months on foreign travel. More than £52,000 of that was…
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister, pursuant to AQW 26525/22-27, (i) to detail why the cost of accommodation has not been finalised; and (ii) to provide the cost of accommodation when it is known.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail (i) the last occasion they met with Unite the Union and GMB Union representatives from Spirit AeroSystems; and (ii) the dates on which these unions have requested meetings.
To ask the Minister of Education how he plans to meet recommendation 26 of the Strategic Defence Review to expand in-school and community-based Cadet Forces across the country by 30% by 2030.
The only aspect of the motion that I welcome is the public falling out that we have seen between the SDLP and the nationalist and republican Alliance about who can beat their chest the most and say that they are biggest Europhiles in Stormont. By all means, the comedy is good and the crack is good, and I hope that…