Written question AQW 1000/22-27
Written question by Mr Patsy McGlone on .
- MLA
- Mr Patsy McGlone
- Party at the time
- Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Date
- 6 June 2022
- Type
- Written question
- Assembly reference
- AQW 1000/22-27
- Department
- Department of Health
- Business
- To the Minister of Health
- Assembly identifier
- Document 374843
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Text
To ask the Minister of Health whether the NI Fire and Rescue Service has initiated an investigation to establish whether the video footage of people singing about the death of Michaela McAreavey, recently circulated on social media, includes any of its members.
42 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Assessment
Jev’s structured answers met the documented threshold for “not qualifying”.
- Overall probability that the activity is being used to promote, exploit or escalate an identity-based controversy: 0.23 (qualifying needs at least 0.70; at or below 0.30 is not qualifying).
- None of the five culture-war criteria was met (each was below 0.60).
- Assessed as legitimate policy scrutiny (0.64).
- No identity-based framing was identified (0.59).
- The overall probability was at or below the not-qualifying 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
| Question | Probability | Met? |
|---|---|---|
| Identity framing | 0.06 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.03 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.14 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.08 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.40 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.64 | Yes |
| Overall judgement | 0.23 | At or below not-qualifying threshold |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing (chosen) | 0.59 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.33 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.07 |
| Adopts it | 0.01 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-related subject | 0.48 |
| Legacy of the Troubles, victims and paramilitarism | 0.30 |
| Sectarianism, hate crime and community relations | 0.17 |
| Gender, sexuality, abortion and related social issues | 0.02 |
| Another identity-related subject | 0.02 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 01:20 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9. This record has been assessed 9 times; the latest assessment is shown.
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