Topical question AQT 2463/22-27

Topical question by Mrs Ciara Ferguson on 16 June 2026.

MLA: Mrs Ciara Ferguson
Party at the time: Sinn Féin
Date: 16 June 2026
Type: Topical question
Assembly reference: AQT 2463/22-27
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 5623980

Text

Ms Ferguson asked the Minister for the Economy, in light of her ongoing investment in tourism in Derry, which is very welcome, to comment on recent tourism performance,

28 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Follow-ups by the same MLA in the Chamber

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16 June 2026 – I thank the Minister for the update. It is really positive news, and it is due to the ongoing investment by the…

Assessment

Not flagged

Jev’s structured answers met the documented threshold for “not flagged”.

Overall probability that the activity is being used to promote, exploit or escalate an identity-based controversy: 0.15 (flagging needs at least 0.70; at or below 0.30 is not flagged).
None of the five culture-war criteria was met (each was below 0.60).
No identity-based framing was identified (0.68).
The overall probability was at or below the not-flagging threshold.

This is an AI-generated assessment of the text, made against published criteria. It is not a finding of fact about the MLA or their intentions. The Assembly record itself is the fact.

Jev’s structured answers

Probability that each statement is true of this text (0 = no, 1 = yes). A criterion counts as met at 0.60 or above.
Question	Probability	Met?
Identity framing	0.07	No
Sectarian or communal antagonism	0.02	No
Cultural grievance politics	0.05	No
Dog-whistle messaging	0.04	No
Controversy escalation	0.14	No
Legitimate policy scrutiny	0.58	No
Overall judgement	0.15	At or below not-flagging threshold

Context and attribution (stance)
Option	Probability
No identity-based framing (chosen)	0.68
Reports or questions it	0.03
Criticises or condemns it	0.27
Adopts it	0.02

Subject area (top five)
Subject	Probability
No identity-related subject	0.62
Immigration, asylum, race, ethnicity and Travellers	0.36
Sectarianism, hate crime and community relations	0.02
Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials	0.00
Parades, bonfires and commemorations	0.00

Assessed 21 October 2026 at 15:47 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.

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