Debate contribution: First Minister — Pledge of Office
Debate contribution by Mr Timothy Gaston on .
- MLA
- Mr Timothy Gaston
- Party at the time
- Traditional Unionist Voice
- Date
- 5 October 2026
- Type
- Debate contribution
- Business
- Questions for Urgent Oral Answer
- Heading
- First Minister — Pledge of Office
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5774465
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The Parades Commission issued a determination that has been upheld by the courts not once but twice. Ms O'Neill, you, along with your bedfellow, the IRA chief of staff, encouraged people to illegally block the Garvaghy Road to defy the court's determination. It is clear that you are the First Minister of lawlessness. Will you now support all those who dislike legal decisions and, ultimately, take to the streets, or will you do so only when it is to ensure that there is not a Prod with an Orange sash allowed about the place?
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