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 First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail (i) the total cost of the First Minister's attendance at the funeral of the Pope, broken down by (a) travel; (b) accommodation; and (c) other expenses; and (ii) those who travelled with the First Minister.
To ask the Assembly Commission, further to the Rainbow Project’s Nothing About Us Without Us – Trans Voices In The Halls Of Power event scheduled to be held in Parliament Buildings on 12 May 2025, whether the organiser’s Event Code of Conduct, which advises that if the event venue contains gendered facilities, such as…
To ask the Assembly Commission, further to the Rainbow Project’s Nothing About Us Without Us – Trans Voices In The Halls Of Power event, scheduled to be held in Parliament Buildings on 12 May 2025, whether the organiser’s Event Code of Conduct: Respectful Communication section is consistent with the ethos and values…
To ask the Assembly Commission, further to the Rainbow Project’s Nothing About Us Without Us – Trans Voices In The Halls Of Power event, scheduled to be held in Parliament Buildings on 12 May 2025, whether the Assembly Commission’s Visitor Experience Team has discussed with the Rainbow Project how enforcement of the…
To ask the Assembly Commission to detail (i) the duties of Assembly Usher Services staff during the Rainbow Project Nothing About Us Without Us – Trans Voices In The Halls Of Power event in Parliament Buildings on 12 May 2025; and (ii) whether this will differ from their duties in relation to other events.
To ask the Minister of Justice to detail any impact the Supreme Court judgement on the legal definition of a woman will have on the policies of her Department and its arm's-length bodies.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any impact the Supreme Court judgement on the legal definition of a woman will have on the policies of his Department and its arm's-length bodies.
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail any impact the Supreme Court judgement on the legal definition of a woman will have on the policies of his Department and its arm's-length bodies.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any impact the Supreme Court judgement on the legal definition of a woman will have on the policies of his Department and its arm's-length bodies.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to provide a response to the points raised by myself during the debate on the NI Water Funding and Governance motion in the Assembly on 29 April 2025.
I welcome the opportunity to share my concerns about how a limping Northern Ireland Water hurts economic growth and stifles investment across Northern Ireland. I will use my time to highlight two examples in my constituency that typify the problem that our economy faces due to an at-capacity Northern Ireland Water…
It did not take long for the first Member in the debate to turn the blame to Westminster. We heard about Tory austerity and Labour austerity. However, Members always stop there. They do not go on to say that, when the Stormont Executive set the Budget, it is made-in-Stormont austerity owned by Sinn Féin, the DUP,…
Before the House rose for Easter, I placed a petition in the Business Office. It was a simple petition to refer the Infrastructure Minister's decision to impose Irish-language signage at Grand Central station to the Executive for a cross-community vote. I regret to say that not a single Member of the Assembly added…
FlaggedIrish language, Ulster-Scots and language policyCriteria met: Identity framing, Cultural grievance politics, Dog-whistle messaging, Controversy escalation.
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any impact the Supreme Court judgement on the legal definition of a woman will have on the policies of his Department and its arm's-length bodies.
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any impact the Supreme Court judgement on the legal definition of a woman will have on the policies of her Department and its arm's-length bodies.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any impact the Supreme Court judgement on the legal definition of a woman will have on the policies of her Department and its arm's-length bodies.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any funding awarded to Kneecap from (i) his Department; and (ii) any of his Department's agencies since 2017.
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any impact the Supreme Court judgement on the legal definition of a woman will have on the policies of his Department and its arm's-length bodies.
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister to detail the impact of the Supreme Court judgement on the legal definition of a woman on the policies of their Department and its arm's-length bodies.
To ask the Minister of Health, pursuant to AQW 22967/22-27, for his assessment of the fall in the number of children born with Down syndrome post-2019.
To ask the Minister of Health to detail any advice that has been offered to GP surgeries in relation to patients with rheumatoid arthritis who have been unable to have their regular six monthly appointment due to the backlog in the system to ensure they are issued with their required medication.