Oral question AQO 403/22-27
Oral question by Mr Danny Donnelly on .
- MLA
- Mr Danny Donnelly
- Party at the time
- Alliance Party
- Date
- 2 May 2024
- Type
- Oral question
- Assembly reference
- AQO 403/22-27
- Department
- The Executive Office
- Business
- To the First Minister and deputy First Minister
- Assembly identifier
- Document 402502
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Text
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister whether they will consult with the Equality Commission to amend equality legislation to ensure it takes account of any amendments to United Nations Conventions which have come into force since the enactment of the Northern Ireland Act 1998.
47 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Assessment
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: 0.12 (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).
- Assessed as legitimate policy scrutiny (0.96).
- No identity-based framing was identified (1.00).
- Subject area: Gender, sexuality, abortion and related social issues.
- 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
| Question | Probability | Met? |
|---|---|---|
| Identity framing | 0.03 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.02 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.03 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.02 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.05 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.96 | Yes |
| Overall judgement | 0.12 | At or below not-flagging threshold |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing (chosen) | 1.00 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.00 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.00 |
| Adopts it | 0.00 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| Gender, sexuality, abortion and related social issues | 0.37 |
| No identity-related subject | 0.35 |
| Another identity-related subject | 0.15 |
| Constitutional question, Brexit, the Windsor Framework and sovereignty | 0.08 |
| Immigration, asylum, race, ethnicity and Travellers | 0.05 |
Assessed 20 October 2026 at 22:00 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r1, methodology 1.0.
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